Inventor · Chippewa Falls, WI, US

Eric C. Fromm

28Patents
13h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 3, 1986 → Oct 26, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5581705A Messaging facility with hardware tail pointer and software implemented head pointer message queue for distributed memory massively parallel processing system Physics 162 Expired
US5434995A Barrier synchronization for distributed memory massively parallel processing systems Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 80 Expired
US5784706A Virtual to logical to physical address translation for distributed memory massively parallel processing systems Physics 72 Expired
US5835925A Using external registers to extend memory reference capabilities of a microprocessor Physics 68 Expired
US6925547B2 Remote address translation in a multiprocessor system Physics 42 Expired
US5420583A Fiber optic channel extender interface method and apparatus Electricity 21 Expired
US4951246A Nibble-mode dram solid state storage device Physics 20 Expired
US6029212A Method of handling arbitrary size message queues in which a message is written into an aligned block of external registers within a plurality of external registers Physics 19 Expired
US5321697A Solid state storage device Physics 18 Expired
US4771440A Data modulation interface Electricity 18 Expired
US5765181A System and method of addressing distributed memory within a massively parallel processing system Physics 17 Expired
US6604185B1 Distribution of address-translation-purge requests to multiple processors Physics 16 Expired
US9104343B2 Global synchronous clock circuit and method for blade processors Electricity 15 Active
US5592487A Communication protocol for transferring information across a serial communication link Electricity 13 Expired
US5696922A Recursive address centrifuge for distributed memory massively parallel processing systems Physics 13 Expired
US6119198A Recursive address centrifuge for distributed memory massively parallel processing systems Physics 13 Expired
US6839856B1 Method and circuit for reliable data capture in the presence of bus-master changeovers Physics 9 Expired
US6779072B1 Method and apparatus for accessing MMR registers distributed across a large asic Physics 8 Expired
US5390041A Fiber optic channel extender interface method and apparatus Electricity 7 Expired
US9237093B2 Bandwidth on-demand adaptive routing Electricity 5 Active
US10592465B2 Node controller direct socket group memory access Physics 4 Active
US7587305B2 Transistor level verilog Physics 3 Expired
US8239566B2 Non-saturating fairness protocol and method for NACKing systems Physics 2 Active
US10944694B2 Predictive arbitration circuit Electricity 1 Active
US9250826B2 Enhanced performance monitoring method and apparatus Physics 0 Active

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