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Detecting a deadlock condition by monitoring firmware inactivity during the system IPL process Grant 8,230,429 - Lee , et al. July 24, 2 | 2012-07-24 |
Data processing system and computer program product to allow PCI host bridge (PHB) to handle pre-fetch read transactions on the PCI bus which access system memory through translation control entry (TCE) table Grant 7,937,555 - Lee May 3, 2 | 2011-05-03 |
Method to switch the lock-bits combination used to lock a page table entry upon receiving system reset exceptions Grant 7,921,250 - Lee April 5, 2 | 2011-04-05 |
Method to Detect a Deadlock Condition by Monitoring Firmware Inactivity During the System IPL Process App 20090300644 - Lee; Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2009-12-03 |
System and method to maintain data processing system operation in degraded system cooling condition Grant 7,536,571 - Hartman , et al. May 19, 2 | 2009-05-19 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating and deallocating processors in a logical partitioned data processing system Grant 7,480,911 - Lee , et al. January 20, 2 | 2009-01-20 |
Data processing system and computer program product for support of system memory addresses with holes Grant 7,426,625 - Lee September 16, 2 | 2008-09-16 |
Data Processing System and Computer Program Product to Allow PCI Host Bridge (PHB) to Handle Pre-Fetch Read Transactions on the PCI Bus Which Access System Memory Through Translation Control Entry (TCE) Table App 20080189509 - Lee; Van Hoa | 2008-08-07 |
Method to allow PCI host bridge (PHB) to handle pre-fetch read transactions on the PCI bus which access system memory through translation control entry (TCE) table Grant 7,373,479 - Lee May 13, 2 | 2008-05-13 |
System and method to maintain data processing system operation in degraded system cooling condition Grant 7,353,409 - Hartman , et al. April 1, 2 | 2008-04-01 |
System And Method To Maintain Data Processing System Operation In Degraded System Cooling Condition App 20080077282 - Hartman; Steven Paul ;   et al. | 2008-03-27 |
Method and apparatus to change the operating frequency of system core logic to maximize system memory bandwidth Grant 7,321,979 - Lee January 22, 2 | 2008-01-22 |
Technique for system initial program load or boot-up of electronic devices and systems Grant 7,139,909 - Lee November 21, 2 | 2006-11-21 |
Method and apparatus for recovery of partitions in a logical partitioned data processing system Grant 7,117,385 - Chokshi , et al. October 3, 2 | 2006-10-03 |
Nonvolatile logical partition system data management Grant 7,065,761 - Foster , et al. June 20, 2 | 2006-06-20 |
Method to switch the lock-bits combination used to lock a page table entry upon receiving system reset exceptions App 20060036789 - Lee; Van Hoa | 2006-02-16 |
System and method to maintain data processing system operation in degraded system cooling condition App 20050289376 - Hartman, Steven Paul ;   et al. | 2005-12-29 |
Critical datapath error handling in a multiprocessor architecture Grant 6,981,079 - Dawkins , et al. December 27, 2 | 2005-12-27 |
Method, system, and product for booting a partition using one of multiple, different firmware images without rebooting other partitions Grant 6,971,002 - Austen , et al. November 29, 2 | 2005-11-29 |
Permanent open firmware PCI host bridge (PHB) unit addressing to support dynamic memory mapping and swapping of I/O drawers Grant 6,961,785 - Arndt , et al. November 1, 2 | 2005-11-01 |
Data processing system and computer program product for support of system memory addresses with holes App 20050223185 - Lee, Van Hoa | 2005-10-06 |
Method to allow PCI host bridge(PHB) to handle pre-fetch read transactions on the PCI bus which access system memory through translation control entry (TCE) table App 20050216642 - Lee, Van Hoa | 2005-09-29 |
Method and apparatus for managing memory blocks in a logical partitioned data processing system Grant 6,941,436 - Lee , et al. September 6, 2 | 2005-09-06 |
Method and apparatus to change the operating frequency of system core logic to maximize system memory bandwidth App 20050166073 - Lee, Van Hoa | 2005-07-28 |
Method, system, and computer program product for creating and managing memory affinity in logically partitioned data processing systems Grant 6,912,625 - Foster , et al. June 28, 2 | 2005-06-28 |
Computer system serialization control method involving unlocking global lock of one partition, after completion of machine check analysis regardless of state of other partition locks Grant 6,886,064 - Dawkins , et al. April 26, 2 | 2005-04-26 |
Technique for system initial program load or boot-up of electronic devices and systems App 20050086464 - Lee, Van Hoa | 2005-04-21 |
Method and apparatus for verifying hardware implementation of a processor architecture in a logically partitioned data processing system Grant 6,883,116 - Lee , et al. April 19, 2 | 2005-04-19 |
Logical partition management apparatus and method for handling system reset interrupts Grant 6,865,688 - Dawkins , et al. March 8, 2 | 2005-03-08 |
Method and system to identify a memory corruption source within a multiprocessor system Grant 6,845,470 - Austen , et al. January 18, 2 | 2005-01-18 |
Method and apparatus to concurrently boot multiple processors in a non-uniform-memory-access machine Grant 6,842,857 - Lee , et al. January 11, 2 | 2005-01-11 |
Mechanism to safely perform system firmware update in logically partitioned (LPAR) machines Grant 6,834,340 - Lee , et al. December 21, 2 | 2004-12-21 |
Simultaneous configuration of remote input/output hubs utilizing slave processors in a multi-processor, multi-RIO hub data processing system Grant 6,823,375 - Lee , et al. November 23, 2 | 2004-11-23 |
Method for rebooting only a specific logical partition in a data processing system as per a request for reboot Grant 6,820,207 - Dawkins , et al. November 16, 2 | 2004-11-16 |
Method and apparatus for recovery of partitions in a logical partitioned data processing system App 20040210793 - Chokshi, Shaival J. ;   et al. | 2004-10-21 |
64-bit open firmware implementation and associated api Grant 6,802,063 - Lee October 5, 2 | 2004-10-05 |
Method, system, and computer program product for creating and managing memory affinity in logically partitioned data processing systems App 20040139287 - Foster, Robert Kimberlin ;   et al. | 2004-07-15 |
Method and apparatus for preservation of data structures for hardware components discovery and initialization Grant 6,745,269 - Bui , et al. June 1, 2 | 2004-06-01 |
Identifying architecture and bit specification of processor implementation using bits in identification register Grant 6,728,864 - Lee , et al. April 27, 2 | 2004-04-27 |
Data processing system and method for displaying a graphical depiction of system configuration Grant 6,717,594 - Bui , et al. April 6, 2 | 2004-04-06 |
Method and apparatus to implement logical partitioning of PCI I/O slots Grant 6,665,759 - Dawkins , et al. December 16, 2 | 2003-12-16 |
Attention mechanism for immediately displaying/logging system checkpoints Grant 6,658,594 - Bui , et al. December 2, 2 | 2003-12-02 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating and deallocating processors in a logical partitioned data processing system App 20030212884 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2003-11-13 |
Method and apparatus for managing memory blocks in a logical partitioned data processing system App 20030212873 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2003-11-13 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically managing input/output slots in a logical partitioned data processing system App 20030212883 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2003-11-13 |
System, method, and computer program product for effecting serialization in logical-partitioned systems App 20030208670 - Dawkins, George John ;   et al. | 2003-11-06 |
Critical datapath error handling in a multiprocessor architecture App 20030182351 - Dawkins, George John ;   et al. | 2003-09-25 |
Method and system to identify a memory corruption source within a multiprocessor system App 20030163758 - Austen, Christopher Harry ;   et al. | 2003-08-28 |
Logical partition management apparatus and method for handling system reset interrupts App 20030101377 - Dawkins, George John ;   et al. | 2003-05-29 |
Virtualized NVRAM access methods to provide NVRAM CHRP regions for logical partitions through hypervisor system calls Grant 6,567,897 - Lee , et al. May 20, 2 | 2003-05-20 |
Method and apparatus for verifying hardware implementation of a processor architecture in a logically partitioned data processing system App 20030061540 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2003-03-27 |
Method, system, and product for booting a partition using one of multiple, different firmware images App 20030033512 - Austen, Christopher Harry ;   et al. | 2003-02-13 |
Method and apparatus to boot a non-uniform-memory-access (NUMA) machine App 20020152371 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2002-10-17 |
Virtualized NVRAM access methods to provide NVRAM chrp regions for logical partitions through hypervisor system calls App 20020129212 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2002-09-12 |
Method and apparatus to power off and/or reboot logical partitions in a data processing system App 20020124194 - Dawkins, George John ;   et al. | 2002-09-05 |
Simultaneous configuration of remote input/output hubs utilizing slave processors in a multi-processor, multi-RHO hub data processing system App 20020124062 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2002-09-05 |
Method and apparatus to implement logical partitioning of PCI I/O slots App 20020124127 - Dawkins, George John ;   et al. | 2002-09-05 |
Mechanism to safely perform system firmware update in logically partitioned (LPAR) machines App 20020124166 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2002-09-05 |
Nonvolatile logical partition system data management App 20020124040 - Foster, Robert Kimberlin ;   et al. | 2002-09-05 |
Method and apparatus to determine the availability of some instruction subsets within a processor architecture App 20020103989 - Lee, Van Hoa ;   et al. | 2002-08-01 |
Method and apparatus for preservation of data structures for hardware components discovery and initialization App 20020099876 - Bui, Tam D. ;   et al. | 2002-07-25 |
Checkpoint logging without checkpoint display device availability Grant 6,304,983 - Lee , et al. October 16, 2 | 2001-10-16 |
Method and apparatus for ECC logic test Grant 6,223,309 - Dixon , et al. April 24, 2 | 2001-04-24 |
Method for using two copies of open firmware for self debug capability Grant 6,219,828 - Lee April 17, 2 | 2001-04-17 |
System and method for determining which processor is the master processor in a symmetric multi-processor environment Grant 6,178,445 - Dawkins , et al. January 23, 2 | 2001-01-23 |
Memory module identification Grant 5,953,243 - Capps, Jr. , et al. September 14, 1 | 1999-09-14 |
Method and apparatus for saving and restoring the context of registers using different instruction sets for different sized registers Grant 5,906,002 - Lee May 18, 1 | 1999-05-18 |
Method and apparatus for initializing a multiprocessor system Grant 5,867,702 - Lee February 2, 1 | 1999-02-02 |
Method and apparatus for initializing a multiprocessor system Grant 5,642,506 - Lee June 24, 1 | 1997-06-24 |