Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Michael R. Fortin

57Patents
20h-index
73Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 1994 → Nov 1, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7082495B2 Method and apparatus to reduce power consumption and improve read/write performance of hard disk drives using non-volatile memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 156 Expired
US7644239B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US6910106B2 Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management Physics 147 Expired
US5528753A System and method for enabling stripped object software monitoring in a computer system Physics 106 Expired
US8001403B2 Data center power management utilizing a power policy and a load factor Physics 84 Active
US7620773B2 In-line non volatile memory disk read cache and write buffer Physics 69 Active
US7017037B2 Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system utilizing disk spin-up-time Physics 66 Expired
US7698513B2 Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management Physics 63 Active
US7036040B2 Reliability of diskless network-bootable computers using non-volatile memory cache Physics 52 Expired
US7185155B2 Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management Physics 47 Expired
US7107444B2 Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system Physics 47 Expired
US6026236A System and method for enabling software monitoring in a computer system Physics 45 Expired
US7263632B2 Programmatic computer problem diagnosis and resolution and automated reporting and updating of the same Physics 38 Expired
US7490197B2 Using external memory devices to improve system performance Physics 30 Expired
US7669044B2 Accelerated system boot Physics 29 Active
US8032723B2 Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management Physics 27 Active
US7454653B2 Reliability of diskless network-bootable computers using non-volatile memory cache Physics 26 Expired
US8255645B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US8539186B2 Methods and mechanisms for proactive memory management Physics 24 Active
US6263488A System and method for enabling software monitoring in a computer system Physics 21 Expired
US8041904B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US7805571B2 Using external memory devices to improve system performance Physics 19 Active
US8032707B2 Managing cache data and metadata Physics 19 Active
US8006037B2 Using external memory devices to improve system performance Physics 18 Active
US8135914B2 Managing cache data and metadata Physics 17 Active

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