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US-6,085,351 Synchronization method
The method of synchronizing a receiver in a coded data transmission by means of an M-stage channel symbol alphabet, which includes dividing the channel symbol...
US-6,085,350 Single event upset tolerant system and method
An single event upset (SEU) tolerant system for detecting and correcting an SEU includes a decision element (200) for receiving a plurality of outputs (120) from...
US-6,085,349 Method for selecting cyclic redundancy check polynomials for linear coded systems
The method for selecting CRC polynomials (or CRC generators) for linear coded systems. In the exemplary embodiment, a communication system utilizes a...
US-6,085,348 Error correction code encoder and decoder
Error correction code (ECC) encoding is performed by using a first ECC encoding means to add a first check code to each of a number of first code groups included...
US-6,085,347 System and method for enhancing modem performance using digital signal processing techniques
DSP error detection and filtering of a modem signal using a simple, robust, and low cost technique. The DSP technique utilizes a equalizer/filter to adjust the...
US-6,085,346 Method and apparatus for built-in self test of integrated circuits
A BIST function is provided in which both the routing area devoted to the test signals and the area devoted to the circuits required to implement the BIST...
US-6,085,345 Timing control for input/output testability
Circuitry added to chips that use source synchronous techniques reduces difficulties associated with testing the chips. The circuitry increases the ability to...
US-6,085,344 Data communication interface with memory access controller
A serial scan path communication architecture includes a plurality of circuits (30), some of which may include a memory (36). A memory access controller (38) is...
US-6,085,343 Method for concurrent testing of on-chip circuitry and timing counters
A testing method in which the stages in a multi-stage counter chain are tested sequentially. A counter chain is composed of two or more stages with the carry-out...
US-6,085,342 Electronic system having a chip integrated power-on reset circuit with glitch sensor
A power-on reset circuit with glitch sensing capabilities is formed as part of the same integrated circuit chip containing other logical circuits. A port...
US-6,085,341 Memory test mode for wordline resistive defects
A method and apparatus for detecting resistive defects in a memory device. A pulldown device is placed at the end of a wordline opposite the end of the wordline...
US-6,085,340 Method of lattice quantization that minimizes storage requirements and computational complexity
A method of lattice-quantizing an eight-long data point to minimize storage requirements and computational complexity by acquiring the data point, multiplying...
US-6,085,339 System for memory error handling
A computer system stores data according to a plurality of different error handling schemes. The computer system includes a memory controller with a plurality of...
US-6,085,338 CPI infinite and finite analysis
A performance monitor implementing a plurality of counters counts several events to provide an instruction fetch bandwidth analysis, a cycles per instruction...
US-6,085,337 Method and system for reliably indicating test results during a self-check operation
A method and system for accurately indicating test results from testing routines of a self-check operation during initialization or reset of the system utilize...
US-6,085,336 Data processing devices, systems and methods with mode driven stops
A data processing device formed in a single semiconductor chip. The data processing device includes an electronic processor, and on-chip peripheral circuitry...
US-6,085,335 Self engineering system for use with a communication system and method of operation therefore
A self engineering system includes a data acquisition module, a self engineering engine, and a control module. The data acquisition module couples to the...
US-6,085,334 Method and apparatus for testing an integrated memory device
A method of memory array testing that detects defects which are sensitive to environmental conditions. A repair signature is generated reflecting the repair...
US-6,085,333 Method and apparatus for synchronization of code in redundant controllers in a swappable environment
Methods and associated apparatus for automatically synchronizing the operating code between a plurality of controllers. In a first embodiment after the spare...
US-6,085,332 Reset design for redundant raid controllers
A reset circuit implemented in a RAID controller configured for dual active operation. The reset circuit generates a reset pulse with a relatively invariant...
US-6,085,331 Setup of the time/date within the CMOS real-time-clock
An apparatus for setting up a time/date of a CMOS real-time-clock within a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a processor, a memory, an...
US-6,085,330 Control circuit for switching a processor between multiple low power states to allow cache snoops
Power consumption is conserved in a computer system by, instead of forcing a processor to change from the stop clock state to a fully operational state, allowing...
US-6,085,329 Portable computer with low power CD-player mode
A method for controlling a peripheral device in a computer system by a user that requires the CPU of the computer to be powered-on for only the short period of...
US-6,085,328 Wake up of a sleeping computer using I/O snooping and imperfect packet filtering
A reliable and simple means to awaken sleeping computers is to maintain the network interface subsystem at full power, and to filter detected packets so that...
US-6,085,327 Area-efficient integrated self-timing power start-up reset circuit with delay of the start-up reset until the...
A circuit and a method are disclosed for a power start-up reset circuit which is self-timing and which can be fully integrated in a standard CMOS or BiCMOS...
US-6,085,326 Apparatus and method for displaying DPMS mode status using an OSD circuit
A method of displaying a display power management signaling (DPMS) using an on screen display (OSD) in a display device includes the steps of: determining...
US-6,085,325 Method and apparatus for supporting power conservation operation modes
An apparatus for managing power in an electronic device that receives the power from a bus is described. The apparatus comprises a clock enable circuit that...
US-6,085,324 Monitoring and regulatory system for the internet
A regulatory system for a distributed system of computers in which authorized data files are marked with an indicia. The granting of the indicia is made by a...
US-6,085,323 Information processing system having function of securely protecting confidential information
An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus arranged separate from the first...
US-6,085,322 Method and apparatus for establishing the authenticity of an electronic document
The present invention consists of a method and apparatus for authenticating an electronic document. In one embodiment of the invention, a party wishing to...
US-6,085,321 Unique digital signature
A method and apparatus for a unique digital signature is provided. According to one aspect of the invention, a unique digital signature comprises an adapted...
US-6,085,320 Client/server protocol for proving authenticity
A protocol for establishing the authenticity of a client to a server in an electronic transaction by encrypting a certificate with a key known only to the client...
US-6,085,319 Microcomputer reset apparatus and method
A microcomputer reset apparatus including a counter for counting pulses of a pulse signal generated by a ring oscillator, and an edge detector driven by a clock...
US-6,085,318 Computer system capable of booting from CD-ROM and tape
A computer system capable of booting currently manufacturable CD-ROMs or tapes without altering the ISO standard or requiring special, customized software to...
US-6,085,317 Reconfigurable computer architecture using programmable logic devices
A method and system for computing using reconfigurable computer architecture utilizing logic devices is disclosed. The computing may be accomplished by...
US-6,085,316 Layered counterflow pipeline processor with anticipatory control
A layered counterflow pipeline structure is described in which sub-tasks performed at each stage in a counterflow pipeline processor are separated into different...
US-6,085,315 Data processing device with loop pipeline
The data processing device according to the invention comprises an instruction providing unit having an input and an output, a pipeline unit for processing data...
US-6,085,314 Central processing unit including APX and DSP cores and including selectable APX and DSP execution modes
A CPU or microprocessor which includes a general purpose CPU component, such as an X86 core, and also includes a DSP core. In a first embodiment, the CPU...
US-6,085,313 Computer processor system for executing RXE format floating point instructions
A computer processor system having a floating point processor for instructions which are processed in a six cycle pipeline, in which prior to the first cycle of...
US-6,085,312 Method and apparatus for handling imprecise exceptions
A method and apparatus for updating the architectural state in a system implementing staggered execution with multiple micro-instructions. According to one...
US-6,085,311 Instruction alignment unit employing dual instruction queues for high frequency instruction dispatch
A microprocessor includes an instruction alignment unit for locating instructions and conveying the located instructions to a set of decode units. The...
US-6,085,310 Method and apparatus for performing an operation multiple times in response to a single instruction
A method for operating a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) processor that executes mormal RISC instructions and special RISC instructions. The method...
US-6,085,309 Signal processing apparatus
A signal processing apparatus executes a plurality of microprograms stored in a microprogram memory device in a time-sharing manner, so as to perform arithmetic...
US-6,085,308 Protocol processor for the execution of a collection of instructions in a reduced number of operations
Protocol processor intended to be associated with at least one main processor of a system with a view to the execution of tasks to which the main processor is...
US-6,085,307 Multiple native instruction set master/slave processor arrangement and method thereof
A multiple processor circuit arrangement utilizes a master processor which controls the operational state of a slave processor by programming internal control...
US-6,085,306 Processor for executing highly efficient VLIW
A 32-bit instruction 50 is composed of a 4-bit format field 51, a 4-bit operation field 52, and two 12-bit operation fields 59 and 60. The 4-bit operation field...
US-6,085,305 Apparatus for precise architectural update in an out-of-order processor
A processor including at least one execution unit generating out-of-order results and out-of-order condition codes. Precise architectural state of the processor...
US-6,085,304 Interface for processing element array
A memory-like I/O system is provided for interfacing a processing element array with a host system. The I/O system includes cornerturn logic for converting data...
US-6,085,303 Seralized race-free virtual barrier network
Improved method and apparatus for facilitating barrier and eureka synchronization in a massively parallel processing system. The present barrier/eureka...
US-6,085,302 Microprocessor having address generation units for efficient generation of memory operation addresses
A microprocessor including address generation units configured to perform address generation for memory operations is provided. A reservation station associated...
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