Patents by Inventor Cedric Minne

Cedric Minne 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).

  • Single-port memory with addresses having a first portion identifying a first memory block and a second portion identifying a same rank in first, second, third, and fourth memory blocks
    Patent number: 8671262
    Abstract: A memory and a method for controlling a memory including: a set of first memory blocks of identical size, intended to contain first words, a set of second memory blocks of identical size, intended to contain second words, the number of second words being identical to the number of first words, a third memory block identical to the first blocks, a fourth memory block identical to the second blocks, each memory address comprising a first portion identifying a same line in all blocks, and each first word of the third block identifying a free word from among the second words sharing a same second address portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventor: Cedric Minne
  • SINGLE-PORT MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120054464
    Abstract: A memory and a method for controlling a memory including: a set of first memory blocks of identical size, intended to contain first words, a set of second memory blocs of identical size, intended to contain second words, the number of second words being identical to the number of first words, a third memory block identical to the first blocks, a fourth memory block identical to the second blocks, each memory address comprising a first portion identifying a same line in all blocks, and each first word of the third block identifying a free word from among the second words sharing a same second address portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS
    Inventor: Cédric Minne