Patents by Inventor Blanton Scott Kephart

Blanton Scott Kephart 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 and method for accelerating a special purpose processor
    Patent number: 7053901
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention accelerate at least one special purpose processor, such as a GPU, or a driver managing a special purpose processor, by using at least one co-processor. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention are fault-tolerant in that the at least one GPU or other special purpose processor is able to execute all computations, although perhaps at a lower level of performance, if the at least one co-processor is rendered inoperable. The co-processor may also be used selectively, based on performance considerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Jen-Hsun Huang, Michael Brian Cox, Ziyad S. Hakura, John S. Montrym, Brad W. Simeral, Brian Keith Langendorf, Blanton Scott Kephart, Franck R. Diard