Patents by Inventor Ian Andrew Buck

Ian Andrew Buck 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: 7567252
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing the performance of a graphics processing unit (GPU) for processing and execution of general matrix operations such that the operations are accelerated and optimized. The system and method describes the layouts of operands and results in graphics memory, as well as partitioning the processes into a sequence of passes through a macro step. Specifically, operands are placed in memory in a pattern, results are written into memory in a pattern appropriate for use as operands in a later pass, data sets are partitioned to insure that each pass fits into fixed sized memory, and the execution model incorporates generally reusable macro steps for use in multiple passes. These features enable greater efficiency and speed in processing and executing general matrix operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Buck, David W. Steinkraus, Richard S. Szeliski
  • Patent number: 7548892
    Abstract: A system and method for processing machine learning techniques (such as neural networks) and other non-graphics applications using a graphics processing unit (GPU) to accelerate and optimize the processing. The system and method transfers an architecture that can be used for a wide variety of machine learning techniques from the CPU to the GPU. The transfer of processing to the GPU is accomplished using several novel techniques that overcome the limitations and work well within the framework of the GPU architecture. With these limitations overcome, machine learning techniques are particularly well suited for processing on the GPU because the GPU is typically much more powerful than the typical CPU. Moreover, similar to graphics processing, processing of machine learning techniques involves problems with solving non-trivial solutions and large amounts of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Buck, Patrice Y. Simard, David W. Steinkraus
  • Patent number: 7219085
    Abstract: A system and method for processing machine learning techniques (such as neural networks) and other non-graphics applications using a graphics processing unit (GPU) to accelerate and optimize the processing. The system and method transfers an architecture that can be used for a wide variety of machine learning techniques from the CPU to the GPU. The transfer of processing to the GPU is accomplished using several novel techniques that overcome the limitations and work well within the framework of the GPU architecture. With these limitations overcome, machine learning techniques are particularly well suited for processing on the GPU because the GPU is typically much more powerful than the typical CPU. Moreover, similar to graphics processing, processing of machine learning techniques involves problems with solving non-trivial solutions and large amounts of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Buck, Patrice Y. Simard, David W. Steinkraus