Patents by Inventor Akarsh D. Hebbar

Akarsh D. Hebbar 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 AND APPARATUS FOR CACHING AND INDEXING VICTIM PRE-DECODE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20140244932
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for caching pre-decode information. Some embodiments of the apparatus include a first pre-decode array configured to store pre-decode information for an instruction cache line that is resident in a first cache in response to the instruction cache line being evicted from one or more second cache(s). Some embodiments of the apparatus also include a second array configured to store a plurality of bits associated with the first cache. Subsets of the bits are configured to store pointers to the pre-decode information associated with the instruction cache line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Akarsh D. Hebbar, James D. Dundas, Robert B. Cohen