Patents by Inventor Andrew P. Ng

Andrew P. Ng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Direct-mapped cache with cache locking allowing expanded contiguous memory storage by swapping one or more tag bits with one or more index bits
    Patent number: 5694567
    Abstract: A direct mapped cache with cache locking according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a physical address latch and a multiplexing means. The multiplexing means receives the physical address from the physical address latch and exchanges a physical address tag bit with a physical address index bit to generate a cache tag address and a cache index address to divide the cache into two halves, each half servicing a contiguous address range of main memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Bourekas, Andrew P. Ng