Patents by Inventor Tom Gourley

Tom Gourley 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).

  • Fabric-backplane enterprise servers with pluggable I/O sub-system
    Patent number: 8713295
    Abstract: A Cost-Reduced Enterprise Server (CRES) system includes a flexible resource-efficient server having a plurality of Processor Memory Boards (PMBs) coupled to an Input/Output Module (IOM). The IOM provides all networking and storage interfaces for the server. The IOM is implemented as a field-replaceable pluggable module, and thus all Input/Output (I/O) capabilities or resources of a CRES system may be upgraded via replacement of the IOM. Each PMB is dividable into a pair of Symmetric MultiProcessor (SMP) complexes, and each complex is coupled to a respective portion of the I/O resources provided by the IOM. Each portion of the IOM provides a pair of I/O daughter-module connectors compatible with standard I/O interfaces, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)-X and PCI-Express. One or more CRES systems may be coupled to one or more Enterprise Server (ES) systems to form a multi-chassis server managed collectively as one or more provisioned servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel H. Bax, William Jackson Bibb, Jr., Russell M. Clapp, Tom Gourley, Geoffrey H. Hanson, Allen Hirashiki, Thomas Dean Lovett, Sharad Mehrotra, Shyam Mittur, Nakul Pratap Saraiya
  • Fabric-Backplane Enterprise Servers with Pluggable I/O Sub-System
    Publication number: 20130117766
    Abstract: A Cost-Reduced Enterprise Server (CRES) system includes a flexible resource-efficient server having a plurality of Processor Memory Boards (PMBs) coupled to an Input/Output Module (IOM). The IOM provides all networking and storage interfaces for the server. The IOM is implemented as a field-replaceable pluggable module, and thus all Input/Output (I/O) capabilities or resources of a CRES system may be upgraded via replacement of the IOM. Each PMB is dividable into a pair of Symmetric MultiProcessor (SMP) complexes, and each complex is coupled to a respective portion of the I/O resources provided by the IOM. Each portion of the IOM provides a pair of I/O daughter-module connectors compatible with standard I/O interfaces, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)-X and PCI-Express. One or more CRES systems may be coupled to one or more Enterprise Server (ES) systems to form a multi-chassis server managed collectively as one or more provisioned servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel H. Bax, William Jackson Bibb, JR., Russell M. Clapp, Tom Gourley, Geoffrey H. Hanson, Allen Hirashiki, Thomas Dean Lovett, Sharad Mehrotra, Shyam Mittur, Nakul Pratap Saraiya
  • Using programmable jumpers to set an IC device's bit-encoded output during manufacturing and testing
    Patent number: 6229378
    Abstract: A programmable interface between an IC device and a circuit device is provided, the programmable interface having a bit-encoded output. The programmable interface includes a reference voltage contact and a connection to the circuit device. The connection to the circuit device is associated with the bit-encoded output. The programmable interface also includes a programmable jumper connected between the reference voltage contact and the connection to the circuit device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Gourley, Borys Senyk