Patents by Inventor Steven E. Raasch

Steven E. Raasch 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: 7747932
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for reducing the uncorrectable error rate in a lockstepped dual-modular redundancy system are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes two processor cores, a micro-checker, a global checker, and fault logic. The micro-checker is to detect whether a value from a structure in one core matches a value from the corresponding structure in the other core. The global checker is to detect lockstep failures between the two cores. The fault logic is to cause the two cores to be resynchronized if there is a lockstep error but the micro-checker has detected a mismatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Racunas, Joel S. Emer, Arijit Biswas, Shubhendu S. Mukherjee, Steven E. Raasch