Patents by Inventor Michael O. McCracken

Michael O. McCracken 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).

  • Publication number: 20110169522
    Abstract: A multi-chip module (MCM) is described. This MCM includes multiple sites, where a given site in the multiple sites includes multiple chips with proximity connectors that communicate information through proximity communication within the MCM via multiple components associated with the given site. Note that the MCM includes global redundancy and local redundancy at the given site. In particular, the global redundancy involves providing one or more redundant sites in the multiple sites. Furthermore, the local redundancy involves providing one or more redundant chips in the multiple chips and one or more redundant components in the multiple components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kannan Raj, Xuezhe Zheng, Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy, Ronald Ho, Michael O. McCracken, David K. McElfresh, John E. Cunningham