Patents by Inventor Terry J. Opie

Terry J. Opie 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).

  • Method and apparatus to verify non-deterministic results in an efficient random manner
    Patent number: 7523367
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for testing and design verification of hardware devices by providing for random accesses to the registers of a device under test. Such random accesses may more closely resemble actual accesses to the registers of a device during normal operation, thus providing a more thorough test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald G. Fagerness, Terry J. Opie, Paul E. Schardt, David E. Wood