Patents by Inventor Piotr Kwidzinski

Piotr Kwidzinski 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: 10649832
    Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed invention include a computing device having a host processor for executing a firmware environment and a manageability controller. The firmware environment reserves a frame buffer in main memory and loads a graphics protocol driver to provide the frame buffer to an operating system of the computing device. The operating system renders graphical images to the frame buffer using a graphics driver. The manageability controller reads the graphical image from the frame buffer and may transmit the graphical image to a remote computing device. In response to a fatal error of the computing device, the manageability controller may store the graphical image to a non-volatile storage device. The host processor may assert a host reset signal in response to the fatal error, and the manageability controller may send an acknowledgment to the host processor after storing the graphical image. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kasper Wszolek, Janusz P. Jurski, Piotr Kwidzinski, Robert C. Swanson, Madhusudhan Rangarajan
  • Publication number: 20190057000
    Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed invention include a computing device having a host processor for executing a firmware environment and a manageability controller. The firmware environment reserves a frame buffer in main memory and loads a graphics protocol driver to provide the frame buffer to an operating system of the computing device. The operating system renders graphical images to the frame buffer using a graphics driver. The manageability controller reads the graphical image from the frame buffer and may transmit the graphical image to a remote computing device. In response to a fatal error of the computing device, the manageability controller may store the graphical image to a non-volatile storage device. The host processor may assert a host reset signal in response to the fatal error, and the manageability controller may send an acknowledgment to the host processor after storing the graphical image. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kasper Wszolek, Janusz P. Jurski, Piotr Kwidzinski, Robert C. Swanson, Madhusudhan Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 10073742
    Abstract: Technologies for providing manageability redundancy for micro server and clustered System-on-a-Chip (SoC) deployments are presented. A configurable multi-processor apparatus may include multiple integrated circuit (IC) blocks where each IC block includes a task block to perform one or more assignable task functions and a management block to perform management functions with respect to the corresponding IC block. Each task block and each management block may include one or more instruction processors and corresponding memory. Each IC block may be controllable to perform a function of one or more other IC blocks. The IC blocks may communicate with each other via a management communication infrastructure that may include a communication path from each of the management blocks to each of the other management blocks. Via the management communication infrastructure, the management blocks may bridge communication paths between pairs of management blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Mariusz Oriol, Janusz Jurski, Piotr Sawicki, Robert W. Cone, William J. O'Sullivan, Mariusz Stepka, Babak Nikjou, Madhusudhan Rangarajan, Pawel Szymanski, Piotr Kwidzinski, Robert Bahnsen, Mallik Bulusu
  • Patent number: 9781117
    Abstract: Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Daniel Nemiroff, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Robert W. Cone, Malay Trivedi, Piotr Kwidzinski
  • Patent number: 9547497
    Abstract: Technologies for facilitating inter-system-on-a-chip (SoC) communication include a first SoC, a second SoC, and a dedicated manageability controller network. The first SoC includes a first main processor, a first manageability controller, and a memory dedicated to the first manageability controller and having manageability controller firmware stored thereon. The first manageability controller is different from the first main processor and to control functions of the first SoC. The second SoC is different from the first SoC and includes a second main processor and a second manageability control, which is different from the second main processor and to control functions of the second SoC. The second SoC is to access the manageability controller firmware of the memory of the first SoC over the dedicated manageability network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Robert W. Cone, William J. O'Sullivan, Mariusz Oriol, Pawel Szymanski, Babak Nikjou, Madhusudhan Rangarajan, Janusz Jurski, Piotr Kwidzinski, Mariusz Stepka, Piotr Sawicki
  • Publication number: 20160323284
    Abstract: Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Daniel Nemiroff, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Robert W. Cone, Malay Trivedi, Piotr Kwidzinski
  • Publication number: 20160292038
    Abstract: Technologies for providing manageability redundancy for micro server and clustered System-on-a-Chip (SoC) deployments are presented. A configurable multi-processor apparatus may include multiple integrated circuit (IC) blocks where each IC block includes a task block to perform one or more assignable task functions and a management block to perform management functions with respect to the corresponding IC block. Each task block and each management block may include one or more instruction processors and corresponding memory. Each IC block may be controllable to perform a function of one or more other IC blocks. The IC blocks may communicate with each other via a management communication infrastructure that may include a communication path from each of the management blocks to each of the other management blocks. Via the management communication infrastructure, the management blocks may bridge communication paths between pairs of management blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Mariusz Oriol, Janusz Jurski, Piotr Sawicki, Robert W. Cone, William J. O'Sullivan, Mariusz Stepka, Babak Nikjou, Madhusudhan Rangarajan, Pawel Szymanski, Piotr Kwidzinski, Robert Bahnsen, Mallik Bulusu
  • Patent number: 9413765
    Abstract: Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Daniel Nemiroff, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Robert W. Cone, Malay Trivedi, Piotr Kwidzinski
  • Publication number: 20160202994
    Abstract: Technologies for facilitating inter-system-on-a-chip (SoC) communication include a first SoC, a second SoC, and a dedicated manageability controller network. The first SoC includes a first main processor, a first manageability controller, and a memory dedicated to the first manageability controller and having manageability controller firmware stored thereon. The first manageability controller is different from the first main processor and to control functions of the first SoC. The second SoC is different from the first SoC and includes a second main processor and a second manageability control, which is different from the second main processor and to control functions of the second SoC. The second SoC is to access the manageability controller firmware of the memory of the first SoC over the dedicated manageability network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Robert C. SWANSON, Robert W. CONE, William J. O'SULLIVAN, Mariusz ORIOL, Pawel SZYMANSKI, BABAK NIKJOU, Madhusudhan RANGARAJAN, Janusz JURSKI, Piotr KWIDZINSKI, Mariusz STEPKA, Piotr SAWICKI
  • Patent number: 9367406
    Abstract: Technologies for providing manageability redundancy for micro server and clustered System-on-a-Chip (SoC) deployments are presented. A configurable multi-processor apparatus may include multiple integrated circuit (IC) blocks where each IC block includes a task block to perform one or more assignable task functions and a management block to perform management functions with respect to the corresponding IC block. Each task block and each management block may include one or more instruction processors and corresponding memory. Each IC block may be controllable to perform a function of one or more other IC blocks. The IC blocks may communicate with each other via a management communication infrastructure that may include a communication path from each of the management blocks to each of the other management blocks. Via the management communication infrastructure, the management blocks may bridge communication paths between pairs of management blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Mariusz Oriol, Janusz Jurski, Piotr Sawicki, Robert W. Cone, William J. O'Sullivan, Mariusz Stepka, Babak Nikjou, Madhusudhan Rangarajan, Pawel Szymanski, Piotr Kwidzinski, Robert Bahnsen, Mallik Bulusu
  • Publication number: 20150281237
    Abstract: Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Daniel Nemiroff, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Robert W. Cone, Malay Trivedi, Piotr Kwidzinski
  • Patent number: 9026712
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of USB device control using endpoint type detection during enumeration. An apparatus configured for USB device control using endpoint type detection during enumeration may include a host controller configured to selectively disable enumeration of a USB device based at least in part on an endpoint type of the USB device. The apparatus may include a management engine configured to store in the host controller a USB lock policy defining endpoint types disallowed to be enumerated by the apparatus. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Piotr Kwidzinski, Zhenyu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150052389
    Abstract: Technologies for providing manageability redundancy for micro server and clustered System-on-a-Chip (SoC) deployments are presented. A configurable multi-processor apparatus may include multiple integrated circuit (IC) blocks where each IC block includes a task block to perform one or more assignable task functions and a management block to perform management functions with respect to the corresponding IC block. Each task block and each management block may include one or more instruction processors and corresponding memory. Each IC block may be controllable to perform a function of one or more other IC blocks. The IC blocks may communicate with each other via a management communication infrastructure that may include a communication path from each of the management blocks to each of the other management blocks. Via the management communication infrastructure, the management blocks may bridge communication paths between pairs of management blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Mariusz Oriol, Janusz Jurski, Piotr Sawicki, Robert W. Cone, William J. O'Sullivan, Mariusz Stepka, Babak Nikjou, Madhusudhan Rangarajan, Pawel Szymanski, Piotr Kwidzinski, Robert Bahnsen, Mallik Bulusu
  • Publication number: 20130346660
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of USB device control using endpoint type detection during enumeration. An apparatus configured for USB device control using endpoint type detection during enumeration may include a host controller configured to selectively disable enumeration of a USB device based at least in part on an endpoint type of the USB device. The apparatus may include a management engine configured to store in the host controller a USB lock policy defining endpoint types disallowed to be enumerated by the apparatus. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Piotr Kwidzinski, Zhenyu Zhu