Nvidia patents e-ink screens that show server status even when power fails
Nvidia describes a small screen, like an e-ink display, attached to hardware such as servers or GPUs. It uses a tiny processor to save the latest status information, error codes, and settings so the data stays visible even if the main device loses power or crashes.
In the filing’s own words
Persistent displays such as E-ink persistent displays can convey information related to hardware components such as servers, GPUs, and network switches, regardless of the operational status or power state of those displays. The displays can store data, including error codes, status information, and configuration details from connected hardware. Additionally, the persistent display systems allow for dynamic updates by users or administrators.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A display device, comprising: a persistent display; a data connection to receive state data from a hardware device with which the persistent display is associated; and circuitry, including a processor and a memory, to store at least a most recent portion of the state data and to process the state data before allowing the persistent display to display the state data, wherein the state data displayed on the persistent display is able to be updated based in part upon one or more changes to the hardware device during operation, and wherein at least a portion of the state data displayed on the persistent display is able to remain visible in an event of a failure of the hardware device.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (Nvidia Corporation)
- Official title
- DYNAMICALLY UPDATABLE PERSISTENT DISPLAYS FOR HARDWARE RESOURCES
- Publication number
- US20260321219A1
- Application number
- 19179936
- Filed
- Apr 15, 2025
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G09G 3/3453 Physics & computingG09G 3/035 Physics & computingG09G 3/344 Physics & computingG09G 3/3466 Physics & computingG09G 3/348 Physics & computingG09G 2354/00 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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