Patents by Inventor Malcolm George Simmonds

Malcolm George Simmonds has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for testing computer memory
    Patent number: 6915468
    Abstract: An electronic memory device tester has an input arranged to receive seed data with a first number (p) of seed data bits from a computer and a data generator arranged to receive an array of prepared data having a second number (q) of prepared data bits, where q>p, and arrange to generate from the prepared data a test data pattern for writing to an electronic memory device to be tested. The tester generates its own test pattern thus relieving the computer processor from that task. This in turn allows the computer to control the test cycle itself without compromising the test speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Richard Maurice Chambers, Malcolm George Simmonds
  • Apparatus for testing computer memory
    Publication number: 20020078408
    Abstract: An electronic memory device tester has an input arranged to receive seed data with a first number (p) of seed data bits from a computer and a data generator arranged to receive an array of prepared data having a second number (q) of prepared data bits, where q>p, and arrange to generate from the prepared data a test data pattern for writing to an electronic memory device to be tested. The tester generates its own test pattern thus relieving the computer processor from that task. This in turn allows the computer to control the test cycle itself without compromising the test speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Adam Richard Maurice Chambers, Malcolm George Simmonds