Patents by Inventor Dale Calvin Morris

Dale Calvin Morris 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).

  • Method and implementation of statistical detection of read after write and write after write hazards
    Patent number: 6550001
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for detecting instruction ordering dependencies. The apparatus includes a plurality of address comparators. Each comparator including a first input adapted to receive a first operand address from one of a plurality of instructions; a second input adapted to receive a second operand address from a second one of a plurality of instructions; and an output to transmit a logic signal responsive to a match between the first and second operand addresses. The address comparators receive the first operand address from a respective, different ones of the plurality of instructions; and a hardware structure to receive the match indications from the address comparators and to indicate a dependency responsive to the match indications from a first one and a second one of the address comparators. A method is provided for detecting instruction dependencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Corwin, Dale Calvin Morris