Patents by Inventor Frank Franssen

Frank Franssen 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).

  • Control flow and memory management optimization
    Patent number: 6064819
    Abstract: Selected code is modeled in a polyhedral dependency graph (PDG). A placement optimizer maps each element of the PDG to an optimally placed PDG. An ordering optimizer maps the placed PDG to an optimally ordered PDG. The PDG, place PDG, and ordered PDG are combined to produce a transformation script. The transformation script is applied to the selected specification description to produce optimized selected code. Optimized selected code is combined with original code to generate a control-flow optimized code. In addition, memory directives are derived from the ordered PDG model. The memory directives and optimized code are used to generate target code for simulation or software compilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Imec
    Inventors: Frank Franssen, Michael van Swaaij, Lode Nachtergaele, Hans Samsom, Francky Catthoor, Hugo De Man