Patents by Inventor Brian McMinn

Brian McMinn 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 handling exceptional instructions in a trace cache based processor
    Publication number: 20050076180
    Abstract: A system may include an instruction cache, a trace cache including a plurality of trace cache entries, and a trace generator coupled to the instruction cache and the trace cache. The trace generator may be configured to receive a group of instructions output by the instruction cache for storage in one of the plurality of trace cache entries. The trace generator may be configured to detect an exceptional instruction within the group of instructions and to prevent the exceptional instruction from being stored in a same one of the plurality of trace cache entries as any non-exceptional instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell Alsup, Gregory Smaus, James Pickett, Brian McMinn, Michael Filippo, Benjamin Sander