Patents by Inventor William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr.

William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr. 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: 8095691
    Abstract: Provided is a system comprising a first node comprising a plurality of processor cards each including a processor fabric, wherein the processor cards in the first node connect via their processor fabrics; a second node comprising a plurality of processor cards each including a processor fabric, wherein the processor cards in the second node connect via their processor fabrics; and a plurality of communication interfaces, wherein each interface connects one processor card in the second node to one processor card in the first node to enable communication between the connected processor cards to coordinate processor operations between the connected processor cards in the first and second nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr., Andrew Dale Walls
  • Publication number: 20100268986
    Abstract: Provided is a system comprising a first node comprising a plurality of processor cards each including a processor fabric, wherein the processor cards in the first node connect via their processor fabrics; a second node comprising a plurality of processor cards each including a processor fabric, wherein the processor cards in the second node connect via their processor fabrics; and a plurality of communication interfaces, wherein each interface connects one processor card in the second node to one processor card in the first node to enable communication between the connected processor cards to coordinate processor operations between the connected processor cards in the first and second nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Garrett Verdoorn, JR., Andrew Dale Walls
  • Patent number: 7783813
    Abstract: Provided is a system comprising a first node comprising a plurality of processor cards each including a processor fabric, wherein the processor cards in the first node connect via their processor fabrics; a second node comprising a plurality of processor cards each including a processor fabric, wherein the processor cards in the second node connect via their processor fabrics; and a plurality of communication interfaces, wherein each interface connects one processor card in the second node to one processor card in the first node to enable communication between the connected processor cards to coordinate processor operations between the connected processor cards in the first and second nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr., Andrew Dale Walls
  • Patent number: 7562284
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for mandatory end to end integrity checking. The apparatus includes a compatibility module configured to monitor data from a source and verify integrity information compatibility with a standard, and an integrity module configured to wrap the data from the source with additional integrity information. The system includes a source configured to send data over a network, a target configured to receive data over the network, the apparatus, a main memory module, a storage controller, and a storage device. The method includes monitoring data from a source, verifying integrity information compatibility with a standard, and wrapping the data from the source with additional integrity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Benhase, Michael John Palmer, William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr., Andrew Dale Walls
  • Patent number: 7376863
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for data error checking and recovery in a data storage device. A redundancy check module creates a redundancy check for data on a data storage device in a SCSI End-to-End Checking Standard environment and a redundancy check storage module stores the redundancy check in a guard associated with the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Benhase, Michael John Palmer, William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr., Andrew Dale Walls
  • Patent number: 6920519
    Abstract: Dynamic routing of data to multiple processor complexes. PCI address space is subdivided among a plurality of processor complexes. Translation table entries at each processor complex determine which processor complex is to receive a DMA transfer, thereby enabling routing of DMA data to one I/O hub node while accessing translation table entries at another I/O hub node. Further, interrupt requests may be dynamically routed to multiple processor complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Leroy Beukema, Timothy Carl Bronson, Ronald Edward Fuhs, Glenn David Gilda, Anthony J Bybell, Stefan Peter Jackowski, William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr., Phillip G Williams