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Ronald M. Smith, Sr.
Also filed as: SMITH RONALD M · SMITH RONALD MORTON · SMITH SR RONALD M · SMITH SR RONALD MORTON
104 granted patents·4 pending applications·1,798 citations·filing 1973–2019
99Inventor score
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108 records- 0197US9851946B2Round for reround mode in a decimal floating point instructionIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 26, 2017·18 cites·18 claims
- 0297US8762438B2Composition of decimal floating point dataLUNDVALL SHAWN D·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 24, 2014·32 cites·14 claims
- 0396US8190664B2Employing a mask field of an instruction to encode a sign of a result of the instructionLUNDVALL SHAWN D·Filed 2007·Granted May 29, 2012·42 cites·30 claims
- 0496US7356725B2Method and apparatus for adjusting a time of day clock without adjusting the stepping rate of an oscillatorIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 8, 2008·47 cites·9 claims
- 0595US8560591B2Detection of potential need to use a larger data format in performing floating point operationsLUNDVALL SHAWN D·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 15, 2013·39 cites·25 claims
- 0695US8060545B2Composition of decimal floating point data, and methods thereforLUNDVALL SHAWN D·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 15, 2011·28 cites·14 claims
- 0795US8051117B2Shift significand of decimal floating point dataIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 1, 2011·36 cites·15 claims
- 0895US8051118B2Composition of decimal floating point dataIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 1, 2011·27 cites·28 claims
- 0995US7454648B2System and method for calibrating a time of day clock in a computing system node provided in a multi-node networkIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 18, 2008·38 cites·20 claims
- 1094US8082282B2Decomposition of decimal floating point data, and methods thereforLUNDVALL SHAWN D·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 20, 2011·24 cites·13 claims
- 1194US8051119B2Decomposition of decimal floating point dataIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 1, 2011·23 cites·26 claims
- 1293US7395448B2Directly obtaining by application programs information usable in determining clock accuracyIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 1, 2008·31 cites·7 claims
- 1391US7689718B2Channel subsystem server time protocol commands and system thereforIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 30, 2010·21 cites·28 claims
- 1491US7617410B2Simultaneously updating logical time of day (TOD) clocks for multiple cpus in response to detecting a carry at a pre-determined bit position of a physical clockIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 10, 2009·26 cites·33 claims
- 1590US10782932B2Round for reround mode in a decimal floating point instructionIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 22, 2020·3 cites·17 claims
- 1690US10324719B2Detection of potential need to use a larger data format in performing floating point operationsIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 18, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 1789US9690544B2Round for reround mode in a decimal floating point instructionIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 27, 2017·4 cites·20 claims
- 1889US6044388APseudorandom number generatorIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 28, 2000·157 cites·24 claims
- 1988US9804823B2Shift significand of decimal floating point dataIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 31, 2017·4 cites·18 claims
- 2088US8386756B2Emulating hexadecimal floating-point operations in non-native systemsIBM·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 26, 2013·6 cites·20 claims
- 2188US7725736B2Message digest instructionIBM·Filed 2006·Granted May 25, 2010·16 cites·20 claims
- 2288US7451339B2Pulse-per-second attachment for STPIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 11, 2008·19 cites·20 claims
- 2387US8001225B2Server time protocol messages and methodsIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 16, 2011·6 cites·20 claims
- 2487US7720220B2Cipher message assist instructionIBM·Filed 2009·Granted May 18, 2010·11 cites·17 claims
- 2586US7681064B2Apparatus and computer program product for TOD-clock steeringIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 16, 2010·11 cites·18 claims
- 2684US9201846B2Round for reround mode in a decimal floating point instructionIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 1, 2015·4 cites·10 claims
- 2784US7720900B2Fused multiply add split for multiple precision arithmeticIBM·Filed 2005·Granted May 18, 2010·14 cites·14 claims
- 2884US7257718B2Cipher message assist instructionsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 14, 2007·25 cites·48 claims
- 2983US8443029B2Round for reround mode in a decimal floating point instructionCOWLISHAW MICHAEL F·Filed 2007·Granted May 14, 2013·8 cites·18 claims
- 3082US10782967B2Multifunctional hexadecimal instruction form system and program productIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 22, 2020·1 cites·10 claims
- 3182US8738792B2Server time protocol messages and methodsCARLSON SCOTT M·Filed 2007·Granted May 27, 2014·7 cites·17 claims
- 3282US7779109B2Facilitating synchronization of servers in a coordinated timing networkIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 17, 2010·11 cites·24 claims
- 3380US10423388B2Round for reround mode in a decimal floating point instructionIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 24, 2019·1 cites·18 claims
- 3480US9424055B2Multi-function instruction that determines whether functions are installed on a systemIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 23, 2016·3 cites·10 claims
- 3580US8635257B2Shift significand of decimal floating point dataLUNDVALL SHAWN D·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 21, 2014·4 cites·16 claims
- 3680US7500084B2Multifunction hexadecimal instruction formIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 3, 2009·5 cites·9 claims
- 3779US10956126B2Executing perform floating point operation instructionsIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 23, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 3879US10127014B2Round for reround mode in a decimal floating point instructionIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 13, 2018·1 cites·18 claims
- 3979US9323497B2Executing perform floating point operation instructionsIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 26, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 4079US8458361B2Channel subsystem server time protocol commandsCARLSON SCOTT M·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 4, 2013·4 cites·20 claims
- 4179US7783736B2Definition of an active stratum-1 server in a coordinated timing networkIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 24, 2010·7 cites·25 claims
- 4279US5696709AProgram controlled rounding modesIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 9, 1997·85 cites·12 claims
- 4378US7949858B2Multifunction hexadecimal instruction form system and program productIBM·Filed 2009·Granted May 24, 2011·4 cites·18 claims
- 4478US7685214B2Order-preserving encoding formats of floating-point decimal numbers for efficient value comparisonIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 23, 2010·9 cites·16 claims
- 4577US8195727B2Convert significand of decimal floating point data from packed decimal formatLUNDVALL SHAWN D·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 5, 2012·6 cites·18 claims
- 4676US8667041B2Detection of potential need to use a larger data format in performing floating point operationsCOWLISHAW MICHAEL F·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 4, 2014·3 cites·11 claims
- 4776US8438415B2Performing a perform timing facility function instruction for synchronizing TOD clocksENGLER EBERHARD·Filed 2012·Granted May 7, 2013·3 cites·24 claims
- 4876US5825678AMethod and apparatus for determining floating point data classIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 20, 1998·78 cites·12 claims
- 4975US7159122B2Message digest instructionsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 2, 2007·17 cites·39 claims
- 5075US6333983B1Method and apparatus for performing strong encryption or decryption data using special encryption functionsIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 25, 2001·99 cites·22 claims
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