Patents by Inventor Brett Alan Ireland

Brett Alan Ireland 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).

  • Virtual 3-way decoupled prediction and fetch
    Patent number: 11762660
    Abstract: A unified queue configured to perform decoupled prediction and fetch operations, and related apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer-readable media, is disclosed. The unified queue has a plurality of entries, where each entry is configured to store information associated with at least one instruction, and where the information comprises an identifier portion, a prediction information portion, and a tag information portion. The unified queue is configured to update the prediction information portion of each entry responsive to a prediction block, and to update the tag information portion of each entry responsive to a tag and TLB block. The prediction information may be updated more than once, and the unified queue is configured to take corrective action where a later prediction conflicts with an earlier prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Ampere Computing LLC
    Inventors: Brett Alan Ireland, Michael Stephen Chin, Stephan Jean Jourdan
  • VIRTUAL 3-WAY DECOUPLED PREDICTION AND FETCH
    Publication number: 20210397452
    Abstract: A unified queue configured to perform decoupled prediction and fetch operations, and related apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer-readable media, is disclosed. The unified queue has a plurality of entries, where each entry is configured to store information associated with at least one instruction, and where the information comprises an identifier portion, a prediction information portion, and a tag information portion. The unified queue is configured to update the prediction information portion of each entry responsive to a prediction block, and to update the tag information portion of each entry responsive to a tag and TLB block. The prediction information may be updated more than once, and the unified queue is configured to take corrective action where a later prediction conflicts with an earlier prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Alan Ireland, Michael Stephen Chin, Stephan Jean Jourdan