公开(公告)号：US11175715B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US17131330

申请日：2020-12-22

Applicant: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Chi-Yu Wang

IPC: G06F1/26 ,  G06F1/3206 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F1/3296

Abstract: A method of supplying electric power to a computer system compliant with specification provided by the OCP is provided. The method includes: a PLU setting an OCP_V3_EN signal to a high level so as to make the computer system operate in a first mode; a BMC obtaining card data from an OCP card when the computer system operates in the first mode; the BMC determining whether standby power provided by a PSU in the first mode is sufficient according to the card data; and when it is determined that the standby power is not sufficient, the BMC controlling the PLU to make the computer system operate in a second mode requiring more electric power, and to then control the PSU to provide main power that is greater than the standby power to the OCP card.

公开(公告)号：US20210311747A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-07

申请号：US17201739

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yuan-Jhang LIAO

IPC: G06F9/4401 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F9/445

Abstract: A local server is provided. The local server includes a BIOS memory and control circuit. The BIOS memory stores a BIOS code and an actual setting data. The control circuit reads a current setting data corresponding to the local server from a cloud server in a POST procedure of the local server, and compares the actual setting data with the current setting data, and when the actual setting data does not match the corresponding current setting data, the control circuit sends the actual setting data to the cloud server, so that the actual setting data overwrites the current setting data in the cloud server.

公开(公告)号：US11132269B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US16419997

申请日：2019-05-22

Applicant: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yao-Wei Huang

IPC: G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F11/34 ,  G06F11/32

Abstract: A backup control method is proposed to include: (A) two control units executing firmware such that the control units respectively operate in a master mode and a slave mode; (B) the control unit that operates in the master mode generating a health signal when executing the firmware; (C) a logic arithmetic unit determining, based on the health signal, whether the control unit that operates in the master mode functions normally; and (D) when the control unit that operates in the master mode is determined to not function normally, the logic arithmetic unit controlling a light emitting element to emit light, and notifying the control unit that operates in the slave mode such that the control unit which operates in the slave mode enters the master mode.

公开(公告)号：US10853297B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16740853

申请日：2020-01-13

Applicant: Mitac Computing Technology Corporation

Inventor： Thanh-Tu Thai ,  Hung-Tar Lin ,  Ching-Wen Hsu

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/16

Abstract: A method includes: by an application executed by a first node, determining whether a non-transparent bridge between the first node and a second node is in a disconnected state; sending a re-initialization request from the application to a driver executed by the first node when the NTB is in the disconnected state; re-initializing a memory of the first node upon the driver receiving the re-initialization request; transmitting a result message related to the re-initialization of the memory to the second node; and implementing a memory-sharing procedure upon completing the re-initialization of the memory and receiving, from the second node, another result message related to re-initialization of a memory of the second node.

公开(公告)号：US10691465B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US16191509

申请日：2018-11-15

Applicant: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Po-Wen Huang ,  Le Xing ,  Bichao Wang ,  Cheng-Chieh Yeh ,  Jie Zhang ,  Chen-Nan Hsiao

IPC: G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/4401 ,  G06F21/64 ,  G06F3/06

Abstract: A method for synchronization of system management data includes steps of generating a request for system management data in response to execution of a system booting program, transmitting the request to a baseboard management controller so as to enable the baseboard management controller to transmit the system management data stored in a second storage unit to a processor; receiving the system management data from the baseboard management controller, and determining whether the system management data is complete; and when it is determined that the system management data is complete, storing at least one of the sequential packets of the system management data in a first storage unit, and proceeding with execution of the system booting program.

公开(公告)号：US20200073773A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16551947

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Chung-Huang LIU ,  Chen-Nan HSIAO

IPC: G06F11/22 ,  G06F11/14 ,  G06F11/32 ,  G06F9/4401

Abstract: A method for displaying a basic input-output system (BIOS) message during a power-on self-test (POST) of a computer system includes: after the computer system is connected to a power source, performing, by a baseboard management controller (BMC), an initialization procedure on a display unit so as to control the display unit; executing, by a processor, a BIOS stored in a memory component so as to generate the BIOS message; transmitting, by the processor, the BIOS message to the BMC; and transmitting, by the BMC, the BIOS message to the display unit.

公开(公告)号：US20190310908A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-10

申请号：US16375477

申请日：2019-04-04

Applicant: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Chia-Jen HUANG

IPC: G06F11/07 ,  G06F11/22

Abstract: A method for controlling a correctable error reporting function and applicable to a server device is provided, including: receiving, by control unit, a plurality of first error messages sent by a first hardware component in which a plurality of correctable errors occurs in a plurality of hardware components; determining, by the control unit, according to the first error messages, error types of the errors occurring in the first hardware component; determining, by the control unit, whether the number of occurrences of the errors of the error types that occur in the first hardware component within first preset duration reaches a preset number of times; and if the determining result is yes, controlling, by the control unit, the first hardware component to stop performing an error reporting function corresponding to the first error type.

公开(公告)号：US10394742B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15676272

申请日：2017-08-14

Applicant: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Chi-Yuan Yen

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42

Abstract: A method for determining a type of a device connected to an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) includes steps of: a) transmitting requests to bus addresses of the I2C, respectively; b) upon receipt of a response message transmitted by a device in response to receipt of one of the requests from one of the bus addresses, determining that the device is connected to said one of the bus addresses; and c) according to a lookup table that includes plural of entries, each of which has a corresponding device type and respective address set consisting of at least one reference address conforming with one of the bus addresses, determining a type of the device as one of the device types in the lookup table with reference to said one of the bus addresses.

公开(公告)号：US10284134B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15677402

申请日：2017-08-15

Applicant: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Po-Wei Wang

IPC: G06F11/20 ,  H02P29/68

Abstract: A method for controlling a fan module mounted in a region of a server rack. The method is implemented by a controller unit including a RMC and a region controller that corresponds to the region, and includes: receiving by the region controller temperature data from the server; determining by the region controller whether the RMC operates in a normal state; when the determination is affirmative, transmitting by the region controller the temperature data to the RMC, and controlling by the RMC a fan speed of the fan module according to the temperature data; and when the determination is negative, controlling by the region controller the fan speed according to the temperature data received from the server.

公开(公告)号：US10203913B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-12

申请号：US15346200

申请日：2016-11-08

Applicant: Mitac Computing Technology Corporation

Inventor： Chi-Yuan Yen

IPC: G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/42

Abstract: A method of determining a physical location of a hard drive includes the steps of: executing commands to obtain generic device names of expanders, addresses of hard drives connected to the expanders, slot numbers corresponding to the addresses, logical device names of the hard drives, the address of the hard drives; establishing correspondence information by using the address to link the generic device name of the expander to the logical device name of the hard drive connected to the expander, and to the slot number; and determining, according to the correspondence information, the generic device name of the expander to which a hard drive is connected and the slot number corresponding to the hard drive is installed, so as to locate the hard drive.