Patents by Inventor Michael J. Becht

Michael J. Becht 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).

  • Patent number: 11061701
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for emulating an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) array using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include loading configuration information to the FPGA, wherein the configuration information is representative of configuration information of the ASIC. The method may further include emulating the ASIC using the FPGA loaded with the configuration information by applying a fast emulation clock signal to the FPGA. The fast emulation clock signal is a multiple of a system clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Raymond Wong
  • Patent number: 10691519
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for hang detection and recovery are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include: sending, by a processor, a read request to a controller; detecting, by a data hang detection circuit, the read request; initiating, by the data hang detection circuit, a counter when the read request is first detected; monitoring, by the data hang detection circuit, to receive a read response from the controller; and responsive to the counter reaching a timeout threshold before receiving the read response, sending, by the data hang detection circuit a timeout error to the processor via a multiplexer in the data hang detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Yuen C. Tschang, Raymond Wong, Jie Zheng
  • Patent number: 10558477
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for emulating an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) array using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include loading configuration information to the FPGA, wherein the configuration information is representative of configuration information of the ASIC. The method may further include emulating the ASIC using the FPGA loaded with the configuration information by applying a fast emulation clock signal to the FPGA. The fast emulation clock signal is a multiple of a system clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Raymond Wong
  • Patent number: 10552184
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for emulating an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) array using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include loading configuration information to the FPGA, wherein the configuration information is representative of configuration information of the ASIC. The method may further include emulating the ASIC using the FPGA loaded with the configuration information by applying a fast emulation clock signal to the FPGA. The fast emulation clock signal is a multiple of a system clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Raymond Wong
  • Publication number: 20200019422
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for emulating an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) array using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include loading configuration information to the FPGA, wherein the configuration information is representative of configuration information of the ASIC. The method may further include emulating the ASIC using the FPGA loaded with the configuration information by applying a fast emulation clock signal to the FPGA. The fast emulation clock signal is a multiple of a system clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Raymond Wong
  • Publication number: 20180136690
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for emulating an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) array using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include loading configuration information to the FPGA, wherein the configuration information is representative of configuration information of the ASIC. The method may further include emulating the ASIC using the FPGA loaded with the configuration information by applying a fast emulation clock signal to the FPGA. The fast emulation clock signal is a multiple of a system clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Raymond Wong
  • Publication number: 20180136689
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for emulating an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) array using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include loading configuration information to the FPGA, wherein the configuration information is representative of configuration information of the ASIC. The method may further include emulating the ASIC using the FPGA loaded with the configuration information by applying a fast emulation clock signal to the FPGA. The fast emulation clock signal is a multiple of a system clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Raymond Wong
  • Publication number: 20180074875
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for hang detection and recovery are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include: sending, by a processor, a read request to a controller; detecting, by a data hang detection circuit, the read request; initiating, by the data hang detection circuit, a counter when the read request is first detected; monitoring, by the data hang detection circuit, to receive a read response from the controller; and responsive to the counter reaching a timeout threshold before receiving the read response, sending, by the data hang detection circuit a timeout error to the processor via a multiplexer in the data hang detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Yuen C. Tschang, Raymond Wong, Jie Zheng
  • Patent number: 9792167
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for transparent north port recovery of an error in an input/output device are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include: detecting, by a processing device, a command timeout; sending, by the processing device, an input/output (I/O) error signal to a host processing system connected to the hardware device via a north port of the hardware device; terminating, by the host processing system, a link between the north port of the hardware device and the host processing system; enabling, by the processing device, halt command forwarding on the hardware device; halting, by the processing device, commands upon detecting the halt command forwarding; and resetting, by the processing device, the link between the north port of the hardware device and the host processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Becht, Clinton E. Bubb, Jeffrey C. Hanscom, Andreas Kohler, Ying-Yeung Li, Mushfiq U. Saleheen, Raymond Wong, Jie Zheng