Patents by Inventor Grant E. Haab

Grant E. Haab 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).

  • Low-contention lock
    Patent number: 7500242
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to acquiring and releasing a shared resource via a lock semaphore and, more particularly, to acquiring and releasing a shared resource via a lock semaphore utilizing a state machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjiv M. Shah, Paul M. Petersen, Grant E. Haab
  • Method and apparatus for an atomic operation in a parallel computing environment
    Patent number: 6792599
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a atomic operation is described. A method comprises receiving a first program unit in a parallel computing environment, the first program unit including a memory update operation to be performed atomically, the memory update operation having an operand, the operand being of a data-type and of a data size, and translating the first program unit into a second program unit, the second program unit to associate the memory update operation with a set of one or more low-level instructions upon determining that the data size of the operand is supported by the set of low-level instructions, the set of low-level instructions to ensure atomicity of the memory update operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David K. Poulsen, Sanjiv M. Shah, Paul M. Petersen, Grant E. Haab
  • Providing parallel computing reduction operations
    Publication number: 20030126589
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a reduction operation is described. A method may be utilized that includes receiving a first program unit in a parallel computing environment, the first program unit may include a reduction operation to be performed and translating the first program unit into a second program unit, the second program unit may associate the reduction operation with a set of one or more low-level instructions that may, in part, perform the reduction operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: David K. Poulsen, Sanjiv M. Shah, Paul M. Petersen, Grant E. Haab, Jay P. Hoeflinger
  • Method and apparatus for an atomic operation in a parallel computing environment
    Publication number: 20030074649
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a atomic operation is described. A method comprises receiving a first program unit in a parallel computing environment, the first program unit including a memory update operation to be performed atomically, the memory update operation having an operand, the operand being of a data-type and of a data size, and translating the first program unit into a second program unit, the second program unit to associate the memory update operation with a set of one or more low-level instructions upon determining that the data size of the operand is supported by the set of low-level instructions, the set of low-level instructions to ensure atomicity of the memory update operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: David K. Poulsen, Sanjiv M. Shah, Paul M. Petersen, Grant E. Haab