Patents by Inventor Ben Chaffin

Ben Chaffin 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).

  • Microinstruction pointer stack including speculative pointers for out-of-order execution
    Patent number: 7231511
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a microinstruction pointer stack in a processor. A method executed in a processor includes executing microcode (?code) addressed by pointers stored in an out-of-order microinstruction pointer (?IP) stack, and manipulating the ?IP stack with a set of microinstructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Cornaby, Ben Chaffin
  • Microinstruction pointer stack in a processor
    Publication number: 20030191929
    Abstract: A method executed in a processor includes executing microcode (&mgr;code) stored in an out-of-order microinstruction pointer (&mgr;IP) stack and manipulating the &mgr;IP stack with a set of microinstructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Michael P. Cornaby, Ben Chaffin