Patents by Inventor André Colomb

André Colomb 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).

  • Microprocessor having instructions for exchanging values between two registers or two memory locations
    Patent number: 7096346
    Abstract: A microprocessor includes internal registers, an arithmetic and logic unit, and reads a program memory and executes an instruction set stored therein. The instruction set includes at least one instruction for exchanging the contents of both memory locations. The microprocessor includes an additional internal register connected to an output of the arithmetic and logic unit, and transfers the contents of a first one of the memory locations to be exchanged into the additional register when executing the instruction set. The microprocessor further transfers the contents of a second one of the memory locations to be exchanged into the first memory location, and transfers the contents of the additional register into the second memory location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: STMicroeletronics SA
    Inventors: Franck Roche, André Colomb
  • Microprocessor having instructions for exchanging values between two registers or two memory locations
    Publication number: 20030088749
    Abstract: A microprocessor includes internal registers, an arithmetic and logic unit, and reads a program memory and executes an instruction set stored therein. The instruction set includes at least one instruction for exchanging the contents of both memory locations. The microprocessor includes an additional internal register connected to an output of the arithmetic and logic unit, and transfers the contents of a first one of the memory locations to be exchanged into the additional register when executing the instruction set. The microprocessor further transfers the contents of a second one of the memory locations to be exchanged into the first memory location, and transfers the contents of the additional register into the first memory location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Roche, Andre Colomb