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Re-programming programmable hardware devices without system downtime

US8909745B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Carl A. Bender · Highland, US
Nihad Hadzic · Beacon, US
Jeffrey C. Hanscom · Poughkeepsie, US
Howard M. Haynie · Wappingers Falls, US
Jeffrey M. Turner · Poughkeepsie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2012
Grant date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/4418
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Programmable hardware devices are re-programmed without system downtime. To re-program the device, the device is quiesced, state associated with the device is saved, updates are loaded, the state is restored and operations are resumed, all transparent to the system, except for a possible delay in the system.

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