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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Applicants:
David Lawrence Hill, Cornelius, OR (US);
Frank Binns, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
David Lawrence Hill, Cornelius, OR (US);
Frank Binns, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/177 ; G06F012/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided to determine a bootstrap processor. In an embodiment, the method determines a bootstrap processor from a plurality of operable processors in a fault tolerant multiprocessor system irrespective of an initialization time of a particular operable processor.