Patents by Inventor Stuart Victor Quick

Stuart Victor Quick 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).

  • Method of operating a computer system by identifying source code computational elements in main memory
    Patent number: 6336154
    Abstract: A computer system comprises: a processing system for processing data; a memory for storing data processed by, or to be processed by, the processing system; a memory access controller for controlling access to the memory; and at least one data buffer for buffering data to be written to or read from the memory. A burst controller is provided for issuing burst instructions to the memory access controller, and the memory access controller is responsive to such a burst instruction to transfer a plurality of data words between the memory and the data buffer in a single memory transaction. A burst instruction queue is provided so that such a burst instruction can be made available for execution by the memory access controller immediately after a preceding burst instruction has been executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Dominic Paul McCarthy, Stuart Victor Quick
  • Memory architecture for a computer system
    Patent number: 6321310
    Abstract: A computer system comprises: a processing system for processing data; a memory for storing data processed by, or to be processed by, the processing system; a memory access controller for controlling access to the memory; and at least one data buffer for buffering data to be written to or read from the memory. A burst controller is provided for issuing burst instructions to the memory access controller, and the memory access controller is responsive to such a burst instruction to transfer a plurality of data words between the memory and the data buffer in a single memory transaction. A burst instruction queue is provided so that such a burst instruction can be made available for execution by the memory access controller immediately after a preceding burst instruction has been executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Dominic Paul McCarthy, Stuart Victor Quick