Patents by Inventor Brad Hollister

Brad Hollister 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling data flow in a data processor
    Patent number: 6370630
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for accessing an external memory having a first width at at at a first data rate. The external data is reformatted to have a second predefined width larger than the first width. The data having the second predefined width is then provided at a second rate to one of several possible processing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: ATI International Srl
    Inventors: Carl K. Mizuyabu, Andy E. Gruber, Brad Hollister
  • Method and apparatus for relative addressing of tiled data
    Patent number: 6195737
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus that provides for a determination of a memory address for an object coordinate in a non-linear addressing scheme. To minimize computation complexity, the memory address of the object coordinate is based upon a previously computed address of an object coordinate that is in proximity to the given object coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Hollister, Robert Feldstein