Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Michael A. Ko

30Patents
13h-index
37Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 16, 1980 → Jan 15, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5784698A Dynamic memory allocation that enalbes efficient use of buffer pool memory segments Physics 111 Expired
US5940612A System and method for queuing of tasks in a multiprocessing system Physics 97 Expired
US6721806B2 Remote direct memory access enabled network interface controller switchover and switchback support Electricity 92 Expired
US7299266B2 Memory management offload for RDMA enabled network adapters Physics 85 Expired
US5675736A Multi-node network with internode switching performed within processor nodes, each node separately processing data and control messages Electricity 34 Expired
US5577211A System and method using chained structure queues for ordering of message delivery between connected nodes wherein unsuccessful message portion is skipped and retried Electricity 26 Expired
US8060718B2 Updating a memory to maintain even wear Physics 23 Active
US4742350A Software managed video synchronization generation Physics 22 Expired
US4574382A Variable length character code system Electricity 20 Expired
US7577707B2 Method, system, and program for executing data transfer requests Physics 18 Active
US7913077B2 Preventing IP spoofing and facilitating parsing of private data areas in system area network connection requests Electricity 17 Active
US5860088A Method for extraction of a variable length record from fixed length sectors on a disk drive Physics 16 Expired
US5857213A Method for extraction of a variable length record from fixed length sectors on a disk drive and for reblocking remaining records in a disk track Physics 15 Expired
US4314244A Multiple height proportioned character generation Physics 13 Expired
US6101194A Conflict resolution in multi-node communication network Electricity 12 Expired
US8711864B1 System and method for supporting fibre channel over ethernet communication Electricity 10 Active
US5717862A Method and system for message status reporting in a multi-node network Electricity 9 Expired
US7895601B2 Collective send operations on a system area network Electricity 8 Active
US8244826B2 Providing a memory region or memory window access notification on a system area network Physics 7 Active
US7526574B2 Method for communicating data transfer requests between data transfer protocols Electricity 5 Active
US8140696B2 Layering serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) over ethernet Electricity 5 Active
US8364924B2 Achieving a high throughput in a storage cache application using a flash solid state disk Physics 4 Active
US8639883B2 Reducing write amplification in a cache with flash memory used as a write cache Physics 3 Active
US8386714B2 Reducing write amplification in a cache with flash memory used as a write cache Physics 3 Active
US8385207B2 Method and apparatus for end-to-end network congestion management Electricity 2 Active

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