Patents by Inventor Joshua C. Kennel

Joshua C. Kennel 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).

  • Extreme pipeline and optimized reordering technology
    Patent number: 8423976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binary translator for directly translating binary instructions written for a legacy processor to executable binary instructions for a native processor. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention the binary translator is configured as a reconfigurable translator, which enables the binary translator to be used with different legacy processors and/or operating systems and native processors. The binary translators also optimize to take advantage of more efficient native processor instructions and allows portions of the legacy binary code to be disabled and/or new native instructions to be added to the application program without modification of the legacy binary code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Eric W. Zwirner, Gregory P. Crocker, Joshua C. Kennel, Timothy R. Hoerig, William J. Cannon
  • Extreme pipeline and optimized reordering technology
    Publication number: 20040181785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binary translator for directly translating binary instructions written for a legacy processor to executable binary instructions for a native processor. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention the binary translator is configured as a reconfigurable translator, which enables the binary translator to be used with different legacy processors and/or operating systems and native processors. The binary translators also optimize to take advantage of more efficient native processor instructions and allows portions of the legacy binary code to be disabled and/or new native instructions to be added to the application program without modification of the legacy binary code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Eric W. Zwirner, Gregory P. Crocker, Joshua C. Kennel, Timothy R. Hoerig, William J. Cannon