Patents by Inventor Frederick Russell Gruner

Frederick Russell Gruner 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).

  • Length decode to detect one-byte prefixes and branch
    Patent number: 6496923
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method which can be used for pre-decoding one-byte instruction prefixes and branch instruction indicators. A static line detect generates a number of instruction indicators. Further, a prefix and branch decode unit combines at least two of the number of instruction indicators, and a pre-decode unit decodes the combined instruction indicators. Embodiments of the invention decode one byte prefixes without additional cycle penalty and generate one and two byte branch indications early.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick Russell Gruner, Bharat Zaveri