Patents by Inventor Christopher Spence Oliver

Christopher Spence Oliver 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).

  • Publication number: 20190196839
    Abstract: A system and method for increasing address generation operations per cycle is described. In particular, a unified address generation scheduler queue (AGSQ) is a single queue structure which is accessed by first and second pickers in a picking cycle. Picking collisions are avoided by assigning a first set of entries to the first picker and a second set of entries to the second picker. The unified AGSQ uses a shifting, collapsing queue structure to shift other micro-operations into issued entries, which in turn collapses the queue and re-balances the unified AGSQ. A second level and delayed picker picks a third micro-operation that is ready for issue in the picking cycle. The third micro-operation is picked from the remaining entries across the first set of entries and the second set of entries. The third micro-operation issues in a next picking cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Spence Oliver, Hanbing Liu, Christopher James Burke, Michael D. Achenbach
  • Patent number: 9405357
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first module disposed within a first power domain, a second module disposed in a second power domain that is a sub-domain of the first power domain, first power gating logic, and second power gating logic. The first power gating logic generates a first virtual power supply for the first module. The second power gating logic is powered by the first virtual power supply for generating a second virtual power supply for the second power domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen V. Kosonocky, Christopher Spence Oliver, Sudha Thiruvengadam, Carson D. Henrion
  • Publication number: 20140298068
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first module disposed within a first power domain, a second module disposed in a second power domain that is a sub-domain of the first power domain, first power gating logic, and second power gating logic. The first power gating logic generates a first virtual power supply for the first module. The second power gating logic is powered by the first virtual power supply for generating a second virtual power supply for the second power domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen V. Kosonocky, Christopher Spence Oliver, Sudha Thiruvengadam, Carson D. Henrion