Patents by Inventor Michael Stephen Floys

Michael Stephen Floys 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 operating cache-inhibited memory mapped commands to access registers
    Patent number: 8271738
    Abstract: In a multiprocessor environment, by executing cache-inhibited reads or writes to registers, a scan communication is used to rapidly access registers inside and outside a chip originating the command. Cumbersome locking of the memory location may be thus avoided. Setting of busy latches at the outset virtually eliminates the chance of collisions, and status bits are set to inform the requesting core processor that a command is done and free of error, if that is the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Stephen Fields, Jr., Michael Stephen Floys, Paul Frank Lecocq, Larry Scott Leitner, Kevin Franklin Reick
  • Apparatus for Operating Cache-Inhibited Memory Mapped Commands to Access Registers
    Publication number: 20080209134
    Abstract: In a multiprocessor environment, by executing cache-inhibited reads or writes to registers, a scan communication is used to rapidly access registers inside and outside a chip originating the command. Cumbersome locking of the memory location may be thus avoided. Setting of busy latches at the outset virtually eliminates the chance of collisions, and status bits are set to inform the requesting core processor that a command is done and free of error, if that is the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Stephen Fields, Michael Stephen Floys, Paul Frank Lecocq, Larry Scott Leitner, Kevin Franklin Reick