Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Patrick Conway

31Patents
11h-index
32Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 14, 2000 → Oct 23, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7096323B1 Computer system with processor cache that stores remote cache presence information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US7155572B2 Method and apparatus for injecting write data into a cache Physics 42 Expired
US6961761B2 System and method for partitioning a computer system into domains Electricity 33 Expired
US6868485B1 Computer system with integrated directory and processor cache Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7373466B1 Method and apparatus for filtering memory write snoop activity in a distributed shared memory computer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6754776B2 Method and system for logical partitioning of cache memory structures in a partitoned computer system Physics 26 Expired
US7159017B2 Routing mechanism for static load balancing in a partitioned computer system with a fully connected network Electricity 16 Expired
US6766360B1 Caching mechanism for remote read-only data in a cache coherent non-uniform memory access (CCNUMA) architecture Physics 14 Expired
US7669011B2 Method and apparatus for detecting and tracking private pages in a shared memory multiprocessor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7194517B2 System and method for low overhead message passing between domains in a partitioned server Electricity 11 Expired
US7334102B1 Apparatus and method for balanced spinlock support in NUMA systems Physics 11 Expired
US7930485B2 Speculative memory prefetch Physics 10 Active
US8099557B2 Push for sharing instruction Physics 7 Active
US7062610B2 Method and apparatus for reducing overhead in a data processing system with a cache Physics 7 Expired
US7882327B2 Communicating between partitions in a statically partitioned multiprocessing system Physics 5 Active
US8185695B2 Snoop filtering mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8360675B2 Adjustable tab folder Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US6742101B2 Scalable and flexible method for address space decoding in a multiple node computer system Physics 3 Expired
US7380001B2 Fault containment and error handling in a partitioned system with shared resources Electricity 3 Expired
US9792210B2 Region probe filter for distributed memory system Physics 2 Active
US10761986B2 Redirecting data to improve page locality in a scalable data fabric Physics 1 Active
US9507715B2 Coherency probe with link or domain indicator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8478942B2 Method and apparatus for reducing processor cache pollution caused by aggressive prefetching Physics 0 Active
US6862634B2 Mechanism to improve performance in a multi-node computer system Electricity 0 Expired
US10387315B2 Region migration cache Physics 0 Active

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