Patents by Inventor Gerald Bennett

Gerald Bennett 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).

  • Checking data type of operands specified by an instruction using attributes in a tagged array architecture
    Patent number: 6185671
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for matching data types of operands in an instruction. A type code of an operand used by the instruction is determined. An attribute value of a storage element which corresponds to the operand is read from a speculative array. This attribute value is then compared with the type code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vladimir Pentovski, Gerald Bennett, Stephen A. Fischer, Eric Heit, Glenn J. Hinton, Patrice L. Roussel