ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,673, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Rambus Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Multi-processor device with external interface failover" was invented by Michael Raymond Miller (Raleigh, N.C.) and Evan Lawrence Erickson (Chapel Hill, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-processor device is disclosed. The multi-processor device includes interface circuitry to receive requests from at least one host device. A primary processor is coupled to the interface circuitry to process the requests in the absence of a failure event associated with the primary processor. A secondary processor processes operations on behalf of the primary processor an...