Patents by Inventor Kimberly Marie Fensler

Kimberly Marie Fensler 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).

  • LOAD ADDRESS DEPENDENCY MECHANISM SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A HIGH FREQUENCY, LOW POWER PROCESSOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080141014
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method for a load address dependency mechanism in a high frequency, low power processor. A load instruction corresponding to a memory address is received. At least one unexecuted preceding instruction corresponding to the memory address is identified. The load instruction is stored in a miss queue. And the load instruction is tagged as a local miss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Brian David Barrick, Kimberly Marie Fensler, Dwain Alan Hicks, David Scott Ray, David Shippy, Takeki Osanai
  • Load address dependency mechanism system and method in a high frequency, low power processor system
    Patent number: 7363468
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method for a load address dependency mechanism in a high frequency, low power processor. A load instruction corresponding to a memory address is received. At least one unexecuted preceding instruction corresponding to the memory address is identified. The load instruction is stored in a miss queue. And the load instruction is tagged as a local miss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian David Barrick, Kimberly Marie Fensler, Dwain Alan Hicks, David Scott Ray, David Shippy, Takeki Osanai