Patents by Inventor Matthias Fouquet-Lapar

Matthias Fouquet-Lapar 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).

  • Generation and use of system level defect tables for main memory
    Patent number: 7478285
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for maintaining and utilizing system memory defect tables that store information identifying defective memory locations in memory modules. For some embodiments, the defect tables may be utilized to identify and re-map defective memory locations to non-defective replacement (spare) memory locations as an alternative to replacing an entire memory module. For some embodiments, some portion of the overall capacity of the memory module may be allocated for such replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthias Fouquet-Lapar
  • Generation and use of system level defect tables for main memory
    Publication number: 20070174718
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for maintaining and utilizing system memory defect tables that store information identifying defective memory locations in memory modules. For some embodiments, the defect tables may be utilized to identify and re-map defective memory locations to non-defective replacement (spare) memory locations as an alternative to replacing an entire memory module. For some embodiments, some portion of the overall capacity of the memory module may be allocated for such replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Matthias Fouquet-Lapar