Patents by Inventor Erik Alfredsson

Erik Alfredsson 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).

  • Digital signal processor and method for addressing a memory in a digital signal processor
    Patent number: 9557996
    Abstract: In a digital signal processor comprising at least one vector execution unit and at least a first memory unit a third unit is arranged to provide addressing data in the form of an address vector to be used for addressing the first memory unit, said third unit being connectable to the first memory unit through the on-chip network, in such a way that data provided from the third unit can be used to control the reading from and/or the writing to the first memory unit. This enables fast reading from and writing to a memory unit of data in any desired order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Mediatek Sweden AB
    Inventors: Anders Nilsson, Eric Tell, Erik Alfredsson
  • DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING A MEMORY IN A DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR
    Publication number: 20140351555
    Abstract: In a digital signal processor comprising at least one vector execution unit and at least a first memory unit a third unit is arranged to provide addressing data in the form of an address vector to be used for addressing the first memory unit said third unit being connectable to the first memory unit through the on-chip network, in such a way that data provided from the third unit can be used to control the reading from and/or the writing to the first memory unit. This enables fast reading from and writing to a memory unit of data in any desired order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Media Tek Sweden AB
    Inventors: Anders Nilsson, Eric Tell, Erik Alfredsson