Patents by Inventor John E. Redford

John E. Redford 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: 8046568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of (micro)computer design and architecture, and in particular to microarchitecture associated with moving data values between a (micro)processor and memory components. Particularly, the present invention relates to a computer system with an processor architecture in which register addresses are generated with more than one execution channel controlled by one central processing unit with at least one load/store unit for loading and storing data objects, and at least one cache memory associated to the processor holding data objects accessed by the processor, wherein said processor's load/store unit contains a high speed memory directly interfacing said load/store unit to the cache. The present invention improves the of architectures with dual ported microprocessor implementations comprising two execution pipelines capable of two load/store data transactions per cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sophie Wilson, John E. Redford
  • Publication number: 20110040939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of (micro)computer design and architecture, and in particular to microarchitecture associated with moving data values between a (micro)processor and memory components. Particularly, the present invention relates to a computer system with an processor architecture in which register addresses are generated with more than one execution channel controlled by one central processing unit with at least one load/store unit for loading and storing data objects, and at least one cache memory associated to the processor holding data objects accessed by the processor, wherein said processor's load/store unit contains a high speed memory directly interfacing said load/store unit to the cache. The present invention improves the of architectures with dual ported microprocessor implementations comprising two execution pipelines capable of two load/store data transactions per cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sophie WILSON, John E. Redford
  • Patent number: 7747843
    Abstract: A computer system with a processor architecture having more than one execution channel is described. The processor architecture contains at least one load/store unit for loading and storing data objects, and at least one data cache memory associated to the processor holding data objects accessed by the processor. The processor's load/store unit includes a load/store memory directly interfacing the load/store unit to the data cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sophie Wilson, John E. Redford