Patents by Inventor Chris E. Yunker

Chris E. Yunker 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).

  • Retrieving data blocks with reduced linear addresses
    Patent number: 7444457
    Abstract: Systems and methods of processing addresses provide for receiving a full linear address of an instruction and reducing a size of the full linear address to obtain a reduced linear address. A data block can be retrieved from a data array if the reduced linear address corresponds to a tag in a tag array, where the tag array is associated with the data array. The reduced linear address enables the tag array to either be smaller in size or achieve enhanced performance. The data array may be a prediction array of a branch predictor or a cache array of a cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stephan J. Jourdan, Chris E. Yunker, Pierre Michaud