ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,836, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
"Translation lookaside buffer software monitor" was invented by John M. Connelly (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Nisar Ahemad Naikwadi (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Joseph A. Steffen (Cedar Falls, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microprocessor is described. The microprocessor includes a software-based monitor for detecting TLB corruptions. The TLB corruptions contribute to undetected erroneous upset rate of the microprocessor. The software monitor detects errors in the TLB. The software-based monitor detects TLB corruptions in microprocessors where hardware pr...