SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

System and method for defining a privacy zone within a network

Communication method and apparatus using changing destination and return destination ID's

Virtual core management

Wavelength-division multiplexing for use in multi-chip systems

Semiconductor die with integrated electro-static discharge device

Barrier mechanism for firmware upgrade

Method and apparatus for transferring digital content

Self-assembly of micro-structures

Handling dependency conditions between machine instructions

Virtualization of an input/output device for supporting multiple hosts and functions by using an ingress manager for accepting into a buffer communications identified by functions hosted by a single host

Virtualization of an input/output device for supporting multiple hosts and functions

Marking algorithm for garbage collection using a rescan map

Method and system for execution profiling using loop count variance

Characterizing artificiality in object code

Energy efficient management of datalinks

Low-overhead misalignment and reformatting support for SIMD

Low-contention update buffer queuing for small systems

Administrative grouping of network resources

Method and system for self-tuning of hardware resources

Method and system for compiling a dynamically-typed method invocation in a statically-typed programming language

System and method for overflow detection using partial evaluations

Precise data return handling in speculative processors

System and method for controlling access to shared storage device

Method of read-set and write-set management by distinguishing between shared and non-shared memory regions

Time division multiplexing based arbitration for shared optical links

Method and system for attribute encapsulated data resolution and transcoding

Method and system for protecting keys

Method and system for providing information to a subsequent operating system

Electro-optic modulator with inverse tapered waveguides

Fault-tolerant multi-chip module

Clock-data-recovery technique for high-speed links

Tandem fan assembly with airflow-straightening heat exchanger

Self-configuring networking devices for providing services in a nework

Redundant run-time type information removal

System and method for overflow detection using symbolic analysis

Memory utilization tracking

System and method for performing distributed transactions using global epochs

Web guided collaborative audio

Clock-forwarding technique for high-speed links

Quantization parameter prediction

Base plate for use in a multi-chip module

Combined power mesh transition and signal overpass/underpass

Active plastic bridge chips

Code execution utilizing single or multiple threads

Virtual hot plugging of devices and virtual devices

Execution of variable width vector processing instructions

Data storage system and method for calibrating same

Data storage system and method for calibrating same

Supercapacitor leak detection and management

Register prespill phase in a compiler

Preventing duplicate entries in a non-blocking TLB structure that supports multiple page sizes

Technique for calibrating and centering an optical receiver

Optical receiver with a calibration mode

Apparatus and method for managing packet classification tables

Hardware transactional memory acceleration through multiple failure recovery

Zero-copy maturing of large objects in generational heap with copying collection

Aperture generating circuit for a multiplying delay-locked loop

Extraction of component models from PCB channel scattering parameter data by stochastic optimization

Method of implementing physically realizable and power-efficient clock gating in microprocessor circuits

High density tape drive multi-channel low density parity check coding control

Adaptive triggering of garbage collection

Automatically linking partitions on a tape media device

Configuration space compaction

Technique for fast power estimation using probabilistic analysis of combinational logic

Two-phase arbitration mechanism for shared optical links

Facilitating power supply unit management using telemetry data analysis

Ratcheting rack-mount kit reinforcement mechanism for storage rack

Encoding switch on ordered universes with binary decision diagrams

Data sharing and recovery within a network of untrusted storage devices using data object fingerprinting

Pluperfect hashing

Data deduplication method using file system constructs

Method and apparatus to maximize power of a computer system for effective testing

Parameterizable cryptography

Processor-bus attached flash main-memory module

Virtualizing complex network topologies

Three-dimensional macro-chip including optical interconnects

Method and system for intra-host communication

Enhanced virtual switch

System and method for applying level of detail schemes

Semiconductor die with integrated electro-static discharge device

Processor-bus-connected flash storage nodes with caching to support concurrent DMA accesses from multiple processors

Filesystem replication using a minimal filesystem metadata changelog

Self-locking features in a multi-chip module

Mechanical coupling in a multi-chip module using magnetic components

SRAM macro test flop

Edge-coupled optical proximity communication

Macro-chip including a surface-normal device

Passive capacitively injected phase interpolator

Assembly of multi-chip modules using sacrificial features

Integrated intrusion deflection, detection and introspection

Rib reinforcement of plated thru-holes

System and method for determining affinity groups and co-locating the affinity groups in a distributing network