Patents by Inventor Steven C. Franks

Steven C. Franks 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).

  • HARDWARE PROCESSORS AND METHODS TO PERFORM SELF-MONITORING DIAGNOSTICS TO PREDICT AND DETECT FAILURE
    Publication number: 20160378628
    Abstract: Hardware processors and methods to perform self-monitoring diagnostics to predict and detect failure are described. In one embodiment, a hardware processor includes a plurality of cores, and a diagnostic hardware unit to isolate a core of the plurality of cores at run-time, perform a stress test on an isolated core, determine a stress factor from a result of the stress test, and store the stress factor in a data storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hang T. Nguyen, Gordon McFadden, Travis J. White, Scott P. Bobholz, Edwin Verplanke, Steven C. Franks, Vivek Garg, Ashok Raj, Guy G. Sotomayor, Jose A. Vargas, Pradeepsunder Ganesh, Stephen T. Palermo