Patents by Inventor Mark R. Hammes

Mark R. Hammes 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).

  • Pipelined data processing including program counter recycling
    Patent number: 5922070
    Abstract: In a pipeline data processor (11), an address pipeline (39, 41) id provided to hold the addresses of the instructions presently in the instruction pipeline (23, 25). The address pipeline facilitates tracing only executed instructions, and permits stopping the data processor during a branch delay slot without losing the branch information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Mark R. Hammes, Douglas Deao, Keith Balmer, Nick Ing-Simmons
  • Pipelined data processing including interrupts
    Patent number: 5724566
    Abstract: In a pipelined data processor (11), an address pipeline (39, 41) is provided to hold the addresses of the instructions presently in the instruction pipeline (23, 25). The address pipeline facilitates tracing only executed instructions, and permits stopping the data processor during a branch delay slot without losing the branch information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Mark R. Hammes, Douglas Deao, Keith Balmer, Nick Ing-Simmons
  • Pipelined data processing including instruction trace
    Patent number: 5564028
    Abstract: In a pipelined data processor (11), an address pipeline (39, 41) is provided to hold the addresses of the instructions presently in the instruction pipeline (23, 25) . The address pipeline facilitates tracing only executed instructions, and permits stopping the data processor during a branch delay slot without losing the branch information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary L. Swoboda, Mark R. Hammes, Douglas Deao