Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Howe

Michael Joseph Howe 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).

  • Electrically programmable application-specific integrated circuit initialization engine
    Patent number: 11822930
    Abstract: A method of initializing an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the method including reading, by a boot microcode engine integrated with the ASIC, microcode from an electrically programmable non-volatile memory (EP-NVM) integrated on a same die as the ASIC. The method further includes writing the microcode onto internal memories of a micro-controller of the ASIC and initializing the micro-controller by the boot microcode engine. The method also includes loading, by the micro-controller, a full boot image from an additional storage device distinct from the EP-NVM onto the internal memories of the micro-controller and initializing the ASIC by the micro-controller based on the full boot image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Peter David Maroni, John E. Tillema, Erin Hallinan, Michael Joseph Howe
  • ELECTRICALLY PROGRAMMABLE APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INITIALIZATION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20210034375
    Abstract: A method of initializing an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the method including reading, by a boot microcode engine integrated with the ASIC, microcode from an electrically programmable non-volatile memory (EP-NVM) integrated on a same die as the ASIC. The method further includes writing the microcode onto internal memories of a micro-controller of the ASIC and initializing the micro-controller by the boot microcode engine. The method also includes loading, by the micro-controller, a full boot image from an additional storage device distinct from the EP-NVM onto the internal memories of the micro-controller and initializing the ASIC by the micro-controller based on the full boot image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Peter David Maroni, John E. Tillema, Erin Hallinan, Michael Joseph Howe