Patents by Inventor Salih Hamid

Salih Hamid 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).

  • Enhanced debug/test capability to a core reset process
    Patent number: 8661302
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to improve the efficiency of debugging a processor is provided. Also provided is a computer readable storage device encoded with data for adapting a manufacturing facility to create an apparatus. The method includes receiving a first test data, which identifies a state of a state machine, wherein the state machine performs reset and initialization operations for a processor. The method also includes halting the state machine in the state identified by the first test data upon reaching the state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Atchyuth K. Gorti, Salih Hamid, Amit Pandey, William Yang
  • ENHANCED DEBUG/TEST CAPABILITY TO A CORE RESET PROCESS
    Publication number: 20120124424
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to improve the efficiency of debugging a processor is provided. Also provided is a computer readable storage device encoded with data for adapting a manufacturing facility to create an apparatus. The method includes receiving a first test data, which identifies a state of a state machine, wherein the state machine performs reset and initialization operations for a processor. The method also includes halting the state machine in the state identified by the first test data upon reaching the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Atchyuth K. Gorti, Salih Hamid, Amit Pandey, William Yang