Patents by Inventor Houston Thompson Hoffman

Houston Thompson Hoffman 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).

  • GRAPH MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20240168799
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to modify graphs. In at least one embodiment, a processor comprises one or more circuits to modify an execution order of at least one graph portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: David Fontaine, Houston Thompson Hoffman, Arslan Zulfiqar, Stephen Jones, James Dinan, Jiri Johannes Kraus
  • LAUNCHING GRAPHS USING GPU(s)
    Publication number: 20240152413
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques that allow a parallel processing unit to launch at least one graph including one or more operations and to perform the operation(s). In at least one embodiment, a graphics processing unit launches a graph that is uploaded from a central processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Sally Tessa Stevenson, Steven Arthur Gurfinkel, Stephen Anthony Bernard Jones, David Anthony Fontaine, Jason David Gaiser, Houston Thompson Hoffman
  • ASYNCHRONOUS MEMORY DEALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20230185706
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to allocate processor memory. In at least one embodiment, an application programming interface is used to execute instructions to asynchronously deallocate memory locations from processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Vivek Belve Kini, Steven Arthur Gurfinkel, Fnu Vishnuswaroop Ramesh, Houston Thompson Hoffman, Michael Christopher Delorme, Alicia Xiao Hu, Stephen Anthony Bernard Jones, Vladislav Zhurba, William Young Fiser, Reza Mokhtari
  • ASYNCHRONOUS MEMORY ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20230185612
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to allocate processor memory. In at least one embodiment, an application programming interface is used to execute instructions to asynchronously allocate memory locations to processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Vivek Belve Kini, Steven Arthur Gurfinkel, Fnu Vishnuswaroop Ramesh, Houston Thompson Hoffman, Michael Christopher Delorme, Alicia Xiao Hu, Stephen Anthony Bernard Jones, Vladislav Zhurba, William Young Fiser, Reza Mokhtari
  • MEMORY DEALLOCATION USING GRAPHS
    Publication number: 20230005097
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate one or more graph code nodes to deallocate memory. In at least one embodiment, one or more graph code nodes to deallocate memory are generated, based on, for example, CUDA or other parallel computing platform code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Arthur Gurfinkel, Stephen Anthony Bernard Jones, Jason David Gaiser, Fnu Vishnuswaroop Ramesh, Houston Thompson Hoffman, Michael Francis Carilli, David Anthony Fontaine, Arslan Zulfiqar
  • MEMORY ALLOCATION USING GRAPHS
    Publication number: 20230005096
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate one or more graph code nodes to allocate memory. In at least one embodiment, one or more graph code nodes to allocate memory are generated, based on, for example, CUDA or other parallel computing platform code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Arthur Gurfinkel, Stephen Anthony Bernard Jones, Jason David Gaiser, Fnu Vishnuswaroop Ramesh, Houston Thompson Hoffman, Michael Francis Carilli, David Anthony Fontaine, Arslan Zulfiqar
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE MEMORY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220342710
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to execute one or more application programming interface (API) functions to facilitate parallel computing. In at least one embodiment, one or more APIs are to indicate information about one or more storage locations using various novel techniques described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Fnu Vishnuswaroop Ramesh, Houston Thompson Hoffman
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO IDENTIFY SHARABLE MEMORY
    Publication number: 20220334879
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to execute one or more application programming interface (API) functions to facilitate parallel computing. In at least one embodiment, one or more APIs are to indicate whether one or more storage locations can be shared during performance of software using various novel techniques described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Fnu Vishnuswaroop Ramesh, Houston Thompson Hoffman
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO IDENTIFY MEMORY
    Publication number: 20220334898
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to execute one or more application programming interface (API) functions to facilitate parallel computing. In at least one embodiment, one or more APIs are to indicate one or more storage locations using various novel techniques described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Fnu Vishnuswaroop Ramesh, Houston Thompson Hoffman