Patents by Inventor John E. Lindholm

John E. Lindholm 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).

  • Prioritized issuing of operation dedicated execution unit tagged instructions from multiple different type threads performing different set of operations
    Patent number: 7418576
    Abstract: A graphics processor buffers vertex thread and pixel threads. The different types of threads issue instructions corresponding to different sets of operations. A plurality of different types of execution units are provided, each type of execution unit servicing a different class of operations, such as an executing unit supporting texture operations, an execution unit supporting blending operations, and an execution unit supporting mathematical operations. Current instructions of the threads are buffered and prioritized in a common instruction buffer. A set of high priority instructions is issued per cycle to the plurality of different types of execution units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Lindholm, Brett W. Coon