Patents by Inventor Benjamin Gribstad

Benjamin Gribstad 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).

  • Fine grain translation discrimination
    Patent number: 6363336
    Abstract: A method for determining if writes to a memory page are directed to target instructions which have been translated to host instructions in a computer which translates instructions from a target instruction set to a host instruction set, including the steps of detecting a write to a memory page storing target instructions which have been translated to host instructions, detecting whether a sub-area of the memory page to which the write is addressed stores target instructions which have been translated, and invalidating host instructions translated from addressed target instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Transmeta Corporation
    Inventors: John Banning, H. Peter Anvin, Benjamin Gribstad, David Keppel, Alex Klaiber, Paul Serris