Patents by Inventor James Lan

James Lan 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).

  • Rotators in machine instruction length calculation
    Patent number: 5535347
    Abstract: A circuit for determining the length of an instruction including apparatus for providing a sequence of instruction bytes greater than a single instruction length, rotator apparatus for selecting a sequential number of instruction bytes for decoding commencing at a byte which begins a first instruction, control apparatus for operating the rotator, and apparatus responsive to a decoded length value derived from the first instruction for causing the control apparatus to cause the rotator to rotate to the beginning of a next instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Grochowski, Ahmad Zaidi, James Lan