Patents by Inventor Thiam Ern Lim

Thiam Ern Lim 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).

  • Directed wakeup into a secured system environment
    Patent number: 10013041
    Abstract: Embodiments of processors, methods, and systems for directed wakeup into a secured system environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes a decode unit, a control unit, and a messaging unit. The decode unit is to receive a secured system environment wakeup instruction. The control unit is to cause wake-inhibit indicator to be set for each of a plurality of responding logical processor to be kept in a sleep state. The messaging unit is to send a wakeup message to the plurality of responding logical processors, wherein the wakeup message is to be ignored by each of the plurality of responding logical processors for which the wake-inhibit indicator is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Thiam Ern Lim, Wan Chin Teh
  • DIRECTED WAKEUP INTO A SECURED SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150039919
    Abstract: Embodiments of processors, methods, and systems for directed wakeup into a secured system environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes a decode unit, a control unit, and a messaging unit. The decode unit is to receive a secured system environment wakeup instruction. The control unit is to cause wake-inhibit indicator to be set for each of a plurality of responding logical processor to be kept in a sleep state. The messaging unit is to send a wakeup message to the plurality of responding logical processors, wherein the wakeup message is to be ignored by each of the plurality of responding logical processors for which the wake-inhibit indicator is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Thiam Ern Lim, Wan Chin Teh