Generation and distribution of steered time interval pulse to a plurality of hardware components of the computing system

US9104364B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9104364-B2
Application numberUS-201213677495-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 15, 2012
Priority dateNov 15, 2012
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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An indication of time that indicates at least one of the current day and the current time is received. It is determined that a raw interval pulse transmitted by a first oscillator should be adjusted based, at least partly, on the indication of time. In response to determining that the raw interval pulse should be adjusted, a steered time interval pulse is generated based, at least partly, on the raw time interval pulse and the indication of time. The steered time interval pulse is distributed to a plurality of hardware components.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: writing an indication to a steering control register, wherein the indication indicates at least one of whether the adjusting of the raw time interval pulse is enabled, whether the adjusting of the raw time interval pulse comprises delaying the raw time interval pulse or advancing the raw time interval pulse, a steering rate, the reciprocal of the steering rate, or an initial value for a counter, wherein advancing the raw time interval pu…

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What does patent US9104364B2 cover?
An indication of time that indicates at least one of the current day and the current time is received. It is determined that a raw interval pulse transmitted by a first oscillator should be adjusted based, at least partly, on the indication of time. In response to determining that the raw interval pulse should be adjusted, a steered time interval pulse is generated based, at least partly, on th…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
IBM
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F1/12. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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