Patents by Inventor Edmond J. Boufarah

Edmond J. Boufarah 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).

  • System for reducing delay in instruction execution by executing branch instructions in separate processor while dispatching subsequent instructions to primary processor
    Patent number: 5127091
    Abstract: A data processing system including a circuit for storing a sequence of instructions, a circuit for determining if the instruction sequence includes a branch instruction, a circuit for storing a sequence of branch target instructions in response to the determination of the existence of a branch instruction in the stored sequence of instructions, a circuit for dispatching instructions in sequence after the branch instruction to a processor to be executed on condition that a branch is to be taken before a determination of whether said branch will be taken and simultaneously for determining if the branch is to be taken, any circuit for directing the processor to execute the instructions in sequence after the branch if the branch is not taken, or, if the branch is to be taken, for dispatching the branch target instruction sequence to the processor for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edmond J. Boufarah, Gregory F. Grohoski, Chien-Chyun Lee, Charles R. Moore