Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Terry

Joseph C. Terry 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).

  • Peer-to-peer parallel processing graphics accelerator
    Patent number: 5917502
    Abstract: A graphics processing accelerator has a plurality of digital signal processors that each have an output, and an input in communication with a request bus. The digital signal processors are arranged in a peer-to-peer configuration to process, on a cyclical basis, each of a successive series of graphics requests received over a request bus. The graphics processing accelerator also may have a sequencer in communication with each digital signal processor output for ordering graphics requests processed by the digital signal processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Intergraph Corporation
    Inventors: Dale L. Kirkland, Cynthia E. Allison, James P. Turner, Joseph C. Terry, Jeffrey S. Ford