Alan Shirley Davis

7231573, Jun 12, 2007

Dec 20, 2002

10/327386

Alan Howard Davis - Sunnyvale CA, US
John Freeseman - Ft. Collins CO, US

Verigy Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

G01R 31/3181
G01R 31/40

714744, 714699

A delay management system in a computer system includes a delay manager and a first storage element that stores a delay time. The delay manager is configured to receive a series of delay values and respond to each delay value in the series of delay values by providing a corresponding delay time value. The delay time is updated to the corresponding delay time value if the corresponding delay time value is greater than the delay time.

20070169026, Jul 19, 2007

Nov 28, 2005

11/287819

Alan Davis - Mountain View CA, US

G06F 9/45
G06F 9/44

717140000, 717162000

A software program. The software program includes a function call. When the program is linked in a first mode, a first compiled routine from a first library is coupled to the function call. Otherwise, a second compiled routine from a second library is coupled to the function call. The first compiled routine is compiled from a source code routine with a parameter in the source code routine set to a first value, and the second compiled routine is compiled from the source code routine having the parameter in the source code routine set to a second value. The first compiled routine has same functionality as the second compiled routine plus additional functionality.

20110020009, Jan 27, 2011

Mar 10, 2008

12/921763

Jung Ahn Ho - Palo Alto CA, US
Moray Mclaren - Bristol, GB
Alan L. Davis - Palo Alto CA, US

H04B 10/00
H04B 10/12

398153, 398141

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for transmitting optical signals from a source to a plurality of receiving devices. In one method embodiment, an optical enablement signal is transmitted () from the source to the plurality of receiving devices. The target receiving device responds to receiving the optical enablement signal by preparing to receive one or more optical data signals. The source transmits the one or more optical data signals to the target receiving device. The remaining receiving devices do not receive the one or more optical data signals.

20110069963, Mar 24, 2011

Mar 11, 2008

12/921768

Moray McLaren - Bristol, GB
Jung Ho Ahn - Palo Alto CA, US
Nathan L. Binkert - Palo Alto CA, US
Alan L. Davis - Palo Alto CA, US
Norman P. Jouppi - Palo Alto CA, US

H04B 10/00
G02B 6/35

398115, 385 16

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to optoelectronic network switches. In one embodiment, an optoelectronic switch includes a set of roughly parallel input waveguides and a set of roughly parallel output waveguides positioned roughly perpendicular to the input waveguides. Each of the output waveguides crosses the set of input waveguides. The optoelectronic switch includes at least one switch element configured to switch one or more optical signals transmitted on one or more input waveguides onto one or more crossing output waveguides.

20110113208, May 12, 2011

May 1, 2008

12/989981

Norman Paul Jouppi - Palo Alto CA, US
Alan Lynn Davis - Coalville UT, US
Nidhi Aggarwal - Sunnyvale CA, US
Richard Kaufmann - San Diego CA, US

G06F 12/16
G06F 13/00

711162, 711E12103

Methods and systems for storing checkpoint data in non-volatile memory are described. According to one embodiment, a data storage method includes executing an application using processing circuitry and during the execution, writing data generated by the execution of the application to volatile memory. An indication of a checkpoint is provided after writing the data. After the indication has been provided, the method includes copying the data from the volatile memory to non-volatile memory and, after the copying, continuing the execution of the application. The method may include suspending execution of the application. According to another embodiment, a data storage method includes receiving an indication of a checkpoint associated with execution of one or more applications and, responsive to the receipt, initiating copying of data resulting from execution of the one or more applications from volatile memory to non-volatile memory. In some embodiments, the non-volatile memory may be solid-state non-volatile memory.

20110206377, Aug 25, 2011

Oct 31, 2008

13/126747

Nathan Lorenzo Binkert - Redwood City CA, US
Moray Mclaren - Bristol, GB
Alan Lynn Davis - Palo Alto CA, US

H04J 14/02

398 83

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for achieving low-latency, prioritized, distributed optical-base arbitration. In one embodiment, an optical arbitration system () comprises a waveguide () having a first end and a second end, and a source () optically coupled to the first end of the waveguide and configured to input at least one wavelength of light into the waveguide. The system also includes a number of wavelength selective elements (--) optically coupled to the waveguide. Each wavelength selective element is capable of extracting a wavelength of light from the waveguide when activated by an electronically coupled node. An arbiter () is optically coupled to the second end of the waveguide and to the waveguide between the source and a wavelength selective element located closest to the source along the waveguide.

20120059983, Mar 8, 2012

Sep 3, 2010

12/875314

David Wilkins Nellans - Salt Lake City UT, US
Manu Awasthi - Salt Lake City UT, US
Rajeev Balasubramonian - Sandy UT, US
Alan Lynn Davis - Coalville UT, US

G06F 12/00

711105, 711154, 711E12001

A method for managing memory includes storing a history of accesses to a memory page, and determining whether to keep the memory page open or to close the memory page based on the stored history. A memory system includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, a row buffer, and a memory controller configured to manage the row buffer at a per-page level using a history-based predictor. A non-transitory computer readable medium is also provided containing instructions therein, wherein the instructions include storing an access history of a memory page in a lookup table, and determining an optimal closing policy for the memory page based on the stored histories. The histories can include access numbers or access durations.

20130058607, Mar 7, 2013

May 19, 2010

13/697760

Nathan Lorenzo Binkert - Redwood City CA, US
Moray McLaren - Bristol, GB
Michael Renne Ty Tan - Menlo Park CA, US
Alan Lynn Davis - Coalville UT, US

G02B 6/28
G02B 6/35

385 16, 385 24

Optical interconnect fabrics and optical switches are disclosed. In one aspect, an optical interconnect fabric comprises one or more bundles of optical broadcast buses. Each optical broadcast bus is optically coupled at one end to a node and configured to transmit optical signals generated by the node. The optical fabric also includes a number of optical tap arrays distributed along each bundle of optical broadcast buses. Each optical tap array is configured to divert a portion of the optical power associated with the optical signals carried by a bundle of optical broadcast buses to one of the nodes.