Patents by Inventor Alexander Minkin

Alexander Minkin 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).

  • System, method and computer program product for using textures as instructions for graphics processing
    Patent number: 7825935
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for retrieving instructions from memory utilizing a texture module in a graphics pipeline. During use, an instruction request is sent to memory utilizing a texture module in a graphics pipeline. In response thereto, instructions are received from the memory in response to the instruction request utilizing the texture module in the graphics pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. S. Donham, Edward Hutchins, Alexander Minkin, George E. Scott, III