Patents by Inventor Gerry Talbot

Gerry Talbot 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).

  • Patent number: 10275386
    Abstract: A plurality of registers implemented in association with a memory physical layer interface (PHY) can be used to store one or more instruction words that indicate one or more commands and one or more delays. A training engine implemented in the memory PHY can generate at-speed programmable sequences of commands for delivery to an external memory and to delay the commands based on the one or more delays. The at-speed programmable sequences of commands can be generated based on the one or more instruction words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Dearth, Gerry Talbot
  • Patent number: 9639495
    Abstract: A controller integrated in a memory physical layer interface (PHY) can be used to control training used to configure the memory PHY for communication with an associated external memory such as a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), thereby removing the need to provide training sequences over a data pipeline between a BIOS and the memory PHY. For example, a controller integrated in the memory PHY can control read training and write training of the memory PHY for communication with the external memory based on a training algorithm. The training algorithm may be a seedless training algorithm that converges on a solution for a timing delay and a voltage offset between the memory PHY and the external memory without receiving, from a basic input/output system (BIOS), seed information that characterizes a signal path traversed by training sequences or commands generated by the training algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Dearth, Gerry Talbot, Anwar Kashem, Edoardo Prete, Brian Amick
  • Publication number: 20150378956
    Abstract: A plurality of registers implemented in association with a memory physical layer interface (PHY) can be used to store one or more instruction words that indicate one or more commands and one or more delays. A training engine implemented in the memory PHY can generate at-speed programmable sequences of commands for delivery to an external memory and to delay the commands based on the one or more delays. The at-speed programmable sequences of commands can be generated based on the one or more instruction words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Glenn A. Dearth, Gerry Talbot
  • Publication number: 20150378603
    Abstract: A controller integrated in a memory physical layer interface (PHY) can be used to control training used to configure the memory PHY for communication with an associated external memory such as a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), thereby removing the need to provide training sequences over a data pipeline between a BIOS and the memory PHY. For example, a controller integrated in the memory PHY can control read training and write training of the memory PHY for communication with the external memory based on a training algorithm. The training algorithm may be a seedless training algorithm that converges on a solution for a timing delay and a voltage offset between the memory PHY and the external memory without receiving, from a basic input/output system (BIOS), seed information that characterizes a signal path traversed by training sequences or commands generated by the training algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Glenn A. Dearth, Gerry Talbot, Anwar Kashem, Edoardo Prete, Brian Amick
  • Patent number: 8782458
    Abstract: A system and method of data communications between a first device and a second device is disclosed. The method includes generating a first clock signal at the first device and generating a second clock signal having a phase offset from the first clock signal. The clock signals are transmitted from the first device to the second device. The method further includes regulating transmission of a read strobe signal sent from the second device to the first device utilizing the first clock signal. The method also includes regulating transmission of a data transfer signal sent from the second device to the first device utilizing the second clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Nygren, Anwar Kashem, Edoardo Prete, Gerry Talbot
  • Publication number: 20130136195
    Abstract: A system and method of data communications between a first device and a second device is disclosed. The method includes generating a first clock signal at the first device and generating a second clock signal having a phase offset from the first clock signal. The clock signals are transmitted from the first device to the second device. The method further includes regulating transmission of a read strobe signal sent from the second device to the first device utilizing the first clock signal. The method also includes regulating transmission of a data transfer signal sent from the second device to the first device utilizing the second clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Nygren, Anwar Kashem, Edoardo Prete, Gerry Talbot