Patents by Inventor Gary C. Tiggs

Gary C. Tiggs 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).

  • Integrated graphics processor data copy elimination method and apparatus when using system memory
    Patent number: 8760452
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing data in a system comprising a central processing unit (CPU), a system memory, and a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes determining whether the GPU is an integrated graphics processor (IGP). Based upon a determination that the GPU is an IGP, data stored in the system memory is accessed by the GPU without copying the data to a memory on the GPU. Processing is performed on the data in the GPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary C. Tiggs, Earl M. Stahl
  • INTEGRATED GRAPHICS PROCESSOR DATA COPY ELIMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS WHEN USING SYSTEM MEMORY
    Publication number: 20120001927
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing data in a system comprising a central processing unit (CPU), a system memory, and a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes determining whether the GPU is an integrated graphics processor (IGP). Based upon a determination that the GPU is an IGP, data stored in the system memory is accessed by the GPU without copying the data to a memory on the GPU. Processing is performed on the data in the GPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Gary C. Tiggs, Earl M. Stahl