Inventor · Tacoma, WA, US

Robert G. Blankenship

121Patents
12h-index
126Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 27, 2001 → Jan 22, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6681292B2 Distributed read and write caching implementation for optimized input/output applications Physics 179 Expired
US7210000B2 Transmitting peer-to-peer transactions through a coherent interface Physics 39 Expired
US7949794B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US8230120B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US7899943B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8099523B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions including transactions having prefetch parameters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US7165131B2 Separating transactions into different virtual channels Physics 14 Expired
US9639490B2 Ring protocol for low latency interconnect switch Physics 13 Active
US8230119B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US7930566B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US10552253B2 Multichip package link error detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US10552357B2 Multichip package link Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US9626321B2 High performance interconnect Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7360027B2 Method and apparatus for initiating CPU data prefetches by an external agent Physics 12 Expired
US8073981B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7996572B2 Multi-node chipset lock flow with peer-to-peer non-posted I/O requests Physics 11 Active
US9355058B2 High performance interconnect physical layer Physics 11 Active
US7546422B2 Method and apparatus for the synchronization of distributed caches Physics 10 Expired
US9229897B2 Embedded control channel for high speed serial interconnect Physics 9 Active
US11816036B2 Method and system for performing data movement operations with read snapshot and in place write update Physics 9 Active
US8447888B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8549183B2 PCI express enhancements and extensions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US9183171B2 Fast deskew when exiting low-power partial-width high speed link state Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US7089362B2 Cache memory eviction policy for combining write transactions Physics 9 Expired
US8046539B2 Method and apparatus for the synchronization of distributed caches Physics 9 Active

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