Patents by Inventor Todd H. Beck

Todd H. Beck 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).

  • Apparatus, systems and methods for improving data cache hit rates
    Patent number: 5649144
    Abstract: A processing system is provided which generates a memory address and presents the memory address to a cache to retrieve corresponding data when such corresponding data is encached therein. The memory address is presented to a main memory to retrieve the corresponding data therefrom when such corresponding data is not encached in cache. An offset address to the memory address is used to obtain a prefetch address which in turn is presented to the main memory to retrieve selected information stored within memory. The cache then stores the selected information retrieved from the main memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventors: Gary B. Gostin, Gregory D. Brinson, Todd H. Beck, David L. Trawick