Patents by Inventor Brett Coon

Brett Coon 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).

  • System for translating non-native instructions to native instructions and combining them into a final bucket for processing on a host processor
    Patent number: 5619666
    Abstract: A system and method for extracting complex, variable length computer instructions from a stream of complex instructions each subdivided into a variable number of instructions bytes, and aligning instruction bytes of individual ones of the complex instructions. The system receives a portion of the stream of complex instructions and extracts a first set of instruction bytes starting with the first instruction bytes, using an extract shifter. The set of instruction bytes are then passed to an align latch where they are aligned and output to a next instruction detector. The next instruction detector determines the end of the first instruction based on said set of instruction bytes. An extract shifter is used to extract and provide the next set of instruction bytes to an align shifter which aligns and outputs the next instruction. The process is then repeated for the remaining instruction bytes in the stream of complex instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Brett Coon, Yoshiyuki Miyayama, Le Trong Nguyen, Johannes Wang
  • Method for translating non-native instructions to native instructions and combining them into a final bucket for processing on a host processor
    Patent number: 5546552
    Abstract: A system and method for extracting complex, variable length computer instructions from a stream of complex instructions each subdivided into a variable number of instructions bytes, and aligning instruction bytes of individual ones of the complex instructions. The system receives a portion of the stream of complex instructions and extracts a first set of instruction bytes starting with the first instruction bytes, using an extract shifter. The set of instruction bytes are then passed to an align latch where they are aligned and output to a next instruction detector. The next instruction detector determines the end of the first instruction based on said set of instruction bytes. An extract shifter is used to extract and provide the next set of instruction bytes to an align shifter which aligns and outputs the next instruction. The process is then repeated for the remaining instruction bytes in the stream of complex instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Brett Coon, Yoshiyuki Miyayama, Le T. Nguyen, Johannes Wang
  • System and method for extraction, alignment and decoding of CISC instructions into a nano-instruction bucket for execution by a RISC computer
    Patent number: 5438668
    Abstract: A system and method for extracting complex, variable length computer instructions from a stream of complex instructions each subdivided into a variable number of instructions bytes, and aligning instruction bytes of individual ones of the complex instructions. The system receives a portion of the stream of complex instructions and extracts a first set of instruction bytes starting with the first instruction bytes, using an extract shifter. The set of instruction bytes are then passed to an align latch where they are aligned and output to a next instruction detector. The next instruction detector determines the end of the first instruction based on said set of instruction bytes. An extract shifter is used to extract and provide the next set of instruction bytes to an align shifter which aligns and outputs the next instruction. The process is then repeated for the remaining instruction bytes in the stream of complex instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Brett Coon, Yoshiyuki Miyayama, Le Trong Nguyen, Johannes Wang