Inventor · Pflugerville, TX, US

Norman M. Hack

16Patents
11h-index
20Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 2, 1989 → Apr 1, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7076569B1 Embedded channel adapter having transport layer configured for prioritizing selection of work descriptors based on respective virtual lane priorities Electricity 89 Expired
US7003586B1 Arrangement for implementing kernel bypass for access by user mode consumer processes to a channel adapter based on virtual address mapping Physics 66 Expired
US5297272A Apparatus for automatically disabling and isolating a computer's original processor upon installation of a processor upgrade card Physics 62 Expired
US6205508A Method for distributing interrupts in a multi-processor system Physics 52 Expired
US6295573A Point-to-point interrupt messaging within a multiprocessing computer system Physics 51 Expired
US6193422A Implementation of idle mode in a suspend/resume microprocessor system Physics 43 Expired
US5321827A Computer system with modular upgrade capability Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6598144B1 Arrangement for limiting access to addresses by a consumer process instigating work in a channel adapter based on virtual address mapping Physics 35 Expired
US7209489B1 Arrangement in a channel adapter for servicing work notifications based on link layer virtual lane processing Electricity 18 Expired
US6904545B1 Fault tolerant computing node having multiple host channel adapters Physics 13 Expired
US8412971B2 Method and apparatus for cache control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US6832310B1 Manipulating work queue elements via a hardware adapter and software driver Physics 9 Expired
US6389488B1 Read ahead buffer for read accesses to system memory by input/output devices with buffer valid indication Physics 9 Expired
US7266614B1 Embedded channel adapter having link layer configured for concurrent retrieval of payload data during packet transmission Physics 7 Expired
US8832485B2 Method and apparatus for cache control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US6564272B1 Non-coherent cache buffer for read accesses to system memory Physics 3 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.