Patents by Inventor D. Bell

D. Bell 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).

  • Copy on access
    Publication number: 20070002881
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a data movement module (DMM) may receive a command to copy data from a source buffer to a destination buffer. One or more cache lines corresponding to addresses of the source buffer and the destination buffer may be invalidated. Also, an entry may be added to a queue to indicate that the command to copy is completion pending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Anil Vasudevan, D. Bell, Sujoy Sen, Parthasarathy Sarangam
  • Snoop bandwidth reduction
    Publication number: 20070002853
    Abstract: In one embodiment, it may be determined whether a processor is going to access a packet payload that is stored in a source buffer. If the processor is not going to access the packet payload, a data movement module (DMM) may move the packet payload from the source buffer to a destination buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Anil Vasudevan, D. Bell, Sujoy Sen, Parthasarathy Sarangam
  • Method and apparatus to reduce latency and improve throughput of input/output data in a processor
    Publication number: 20060282560
    Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatus and method to transfer data directly between an input/output device and a processor to reduce latency and improve throughput of the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: D. Bell, Anil Vasudevan