Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6131166 | System and method for cross-platform application level power management A framework for the development of applications which manage the power resources and power states of power-manageable computer systems and attached devices. In one embodiment, the power management framework comprises a plurality of Java™ programming int... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5628020 | System oscillator gating technique for power management within a computer system A system oscillator gating technique is provided for a power management unit of a computer system for controlling the application of power to a system oscillator. An output signal from the power management unit is provided to turn off the external system ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5627992 | Organization of an integrated cache unit for flexible usage in supporting microprocessor operations A computer system having a cache memory subsystem which allows flexible setting of caching policies on a page basis and a line basis. A cache block status field is provided for each cache block to indicate the cache block's state, such as shared or exclus... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5613126 | Timer tick auto-chaining technique within a symmetrical multiprocessing system A symmetrical multiprocessing system is provided that includes centralized interrupt control unit. The interrupt control unit is coupled to a plurality of processing units and to a plurality of interrupt sources. The interrupt control unit advantageously ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5606713 | System management interrupt source including a programmable counter and power management system employing the same A periodic system management interrupt (SMI) source is provided that includes a programmable timer for asserting an SMI a predetermined rate. A microprocessor is coupled to a periodic SMI source through a CPU local bus. The periodic SMI source may be prog... | 02/25/1997 |
