Michael Stephen Floyd

Processor with resource usage counters for per-thread accounting

Processor core with per-thread resource usage accounting logic

Accounting method and logic for determining per-thread processor resource utilization in a simultaneous multi-threaded (SMT) processor

Thermally aware integrated circuit

Cross-chip communication mechanism in distributed node topology to access free-running scan registers in clock-controlled components

Synchronizing triggering of multiple hardware trace facilities using an existing system bus

Apparatus, system and computer program product for seamlessly integrating thermal event information data with performance monitor data

Intelligent SMT thread hang detect taking into account shared resource contention/blocking

Simultaneous multi-threaded (SMT) processor supporting thread-execution-state-sensitive supervisory commands

Method and apparatus for sending thread-execution-state-sensitive supervisory commands to a simultaneous multi-threaded (SMT) processor

Accessing and manipulating microprocessor state

Method and apparatus for performing imprecise bus tracing in a data processing system having a distributed memory

Method and logical apparatus for switching between single-threaded and multi-threaded execution states in a simultaneous multi-threaded (SMT) processor

Dynamic, Non-invasive detection of hot-pluggable problem components and re-active re-allocation of system resources from problem components

Data processing system and method with dynamic idle for tunable interface calibration

Method and apparatus for automatic recovery from a failed node concurrent maintenance operation

Method and apparatus for specifying multiple voltage domains and validating physical implementation and interconnections in a processor chip

Using timebase register for system checkstop in clock running environment in a distributed nodal environment

Synchronizing triggering of multiple hardware trace facilities using an existing system bus

Method and apparatus for achieving high cycle/trace compression depth by adding width

Methods to randomly or pseudo-randomly, without bias, select instruction for performance analysis in a microprocessor

Mini-refresh processor recovery as bug workaround method using existing recovery hardware

Method and apparatus for multiplexing commands in a symmetric multiprocessing system interchip link

Method of seamlessly integrating thermal event information data with performance monitor data

Intelligent SMT thread hang detect taking into account shared resource contention/blocking

Method to operate cache-inhibited memory mapped commands to access registers

Method and apparatus for autonomic policy-based thermal management in a data processing system

Dynamic silicon characterization observability using functional clocks for system or run-time process characterization

Early clock fault detection method and circuit for detecting clock faults in a multiprocessing system

System and method for thermal monitoring of IC using sampling periods of invariant duration

Method and apparatus for interface failure survivability using error correction

Performance throttling for temperature reduction in a microprocessor

Non-disruptive, dynamic hot-plug and hot-remove of server nodes in an SMP

Proactive automated calibration of integrated circuit interface

Method and apparatus to dynamically recalibrate VLSI chip thermal sensors through software control