Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Dragony

Joseph M. Dragony 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).

  • Allocating memory
    Patent number: 6724390
    Abstract: Memory is allocated for use by a graphics processor. Available portions of system memory are identified by requesting an amount of system memory from an operating system and receiving locations of the available portions from the operating system. Those available portions are then allocated for use by the graphics processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph M. Dragony, Prashant Sethi
  • Accessing data stored in a memory
    Patent number: 6545684
    Abstract: A size of a tile of memory is determined, where a tile is a segment of the memory having a dimension that is less than a pitch of the memory. Data is then stored in the tile. To access the data, a graphics processor obtains an indication (from a configuration register) that the memory is tiled, and accesses the data stored in the tile before accessing other segments of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph M. Dragony, Prashant Sethi