Michael John Floyd

US Patent:

20130254526, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

Mar 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/429587

Inventors:

Bulent Abali - Tenafly NJ, US
Michael S. Floyd - Cedar Park TX, US
Eren Kursun - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/06

US Classification:

713100

Abstract:

Awareness of the relationships among the operating parameters for an individual core and among cores allows dynamic and intelligent management of the multi-core system. The relationships among operating parameters and cores, which can be somewhat opaque, are established with design-time simulations, and adapted with run time data collected from operation of the multi-core system. The relationships are expressed with functions that translate between operating parameters, between different cores, and between operating parameters of different cores. These functions are embodied in circuitry built into the multi-core system. The circuitry will be referred to hereinafter as a translator unit. The translator unit traverses the complex relational dependencies among multiple operating parameters and multiple cores, and determines an outcome with respect to one or more constraints corresponding to those operating parameters and cores.

US Patent:

58847723, Mar 23, 1999

Filed:

Sep 4, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/923251

Inventors:

Michael Richard Floyd - Palm Beach Gardens FL
Rebecca Lynn Parsons - Dunwoody GA

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

B65D 8586

US Classification:

206701

Abstract:

A portable electronic device (100) includes a housing cover (110) having a faceplate location (145), an electronic circuit (115), and a first faceplate (140). The location comprises a generic controls cutout (135) and a generic display cutout (130). The electronic circuit includes a specific set of controls (125) fitting within the generic controls cutout and a specific display (120) fitting within the generic display cutout. The first faceplate (140) is mounted in the faceplate and has a specific controls cutout (155) that is conformal to the set of specific controls (125) and a specific display lens (150) that is conformal to the specific display (120) and is one of a set of faceplates, wherein the first faceplate (140) is incompatible with another faceplate in the set of faceplates.

US Patent:

D3891488, Jan 13, 1998

Filed:

Apr 14, 1997

Appl. No.:

D/069215

Inventors:

Michael Richard Floyd - Palm Beach Gardens FL
Rebecca Lynn Parsons - Boynton Beach FL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

1403

US Classification:

D14191

US Patent:

20150268710, Sep 24, 2015

Filed:

Mar 19, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/219550

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Alper Buyuktosunoglu - White Plains NY, US
Michael S. Floyd - Cedar Park TX, US
Heather L. Hanson - Austin TX, US
Hans M. Jacobson - White Plains NY, US
Karthick Rajamani - Austin TX, US
Srinivasan Ramani - Cary NC, US
Todd J. Rosedahl - Zumbrota MN, US
Augusto J. Vega - Astoria NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1/32
G06F 9/50

Abstract:

According to an aspect, power management of a multi-core processing system includes determining workload characteristics in the multi-core processing system. A power adjustment scenario is identified based on the workload characteristics. A predetermined actuation order for at least two power adjustment actuators is identified based on the power adjustment scenario. Based on the predetermined actuation order, it is determined whether there is an adequate adjustment capacity for a power adjustment action associated with one of the at least two power adjustment actuators. The power adjustment action is initiated based on the predetermined actuation order and determining that the adequate adjustment capacity is available.