Patents by Inventor Russell Mark Rector

Russell Mark Rector 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).

  • Processor interface chip for dual-microprocessor processor system
    Patent number: 6397315
    Abstract: A processor interface chip and a maintenance diagnostic chip are provided coupled with two microprocessors designed to be run in tandem. The processor interface chip includes logic for interfacing between the microprocessors and a main memory, logic for pipelining multiple microprocessor requests between the microprocessors and main memory, logic for prefetching data before a microprocessor issues a read request, logic for allowing a boot to occur from code anywhere in physical memory without regard to the microprocessors' fixed memory location for boot code, and logic for intelligently limiting the flow of interrupt information over a processor bus between the microprocessors and the processor interface chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Mizanur Mohammed Rahman, Fred C. Sabernick, Jeff A. Sprouse, Martin Jiri Grosz, Peter Fu, Russell Mark Rector
  • Processor interface chip for dual-microprocessor processor system
    Patent number: 5778171
    Abstract: A processor interface chip and a maintenance diagnostic chip are provided coupled with two microprocessors designed to be run in tandem. The processor interface chip includes logic for interfacing between the microprocessors and a main memory, logic for pipelining multiple microprocessor requests between the microprocessors and main memory, logic for prefetching data before a microprocessor issues a read request, logic for allowing a boot to occur from code anywhere in physical memory without regard to the microprocessors' fixed memory location for boot code, and logic for intelligently limiting the flow of interrupt information over a processor bus between the microprocessors and the processor interface chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Tandem Computers Incorporated
    Inventors: Mizanur Mohammed Rahman, Fred C. Sabernick, Jeff A. Sprouse, Martin Jiri Grosz, Peter Fu, Russell Mark Rector