Patents by Inventor Hon Ming Cheng

Hon Ming Cheng 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).

  • Method and apparatus for accessing graphics cache memory
    Patent number: 6658531
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for utilizing a data cache in a system with both 2D and 3D graphics applications. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, a mode signal is received by the video system indicating whether a 2D or 3D application is to be used. Depending on the mode signal, either as a unified cache capable of being accessed by two separate data access streams, or two independent caches, each accessed by one data access stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: ATI International SRL
    Inventors: Milivoje Aleksic, James Yee, Hon Ming Cheng, John DeRoo, Andrew E. Gruber