Patents by Inventor Larry A. Root

Larry A. Root 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: 5655133
    Abstract: A massively multiplexed central processing unit ("CPU") which has a plurality of independent computational circuits, a separate internal result bus for transmitting the resultant output from each of these computational circuits, and a plurality of general purpose registers coupled to each of the computational circuits. Each of the general purpose registers have multiplexed input ports which are connected to each of the result buses. Each of the general purpose registers also have an output port which is connected to a multiplexed input port of at least one of the computational circuits. Each of the computational circuits are dedicated to at least one unique mathematical function, and at least one of the computational circuits include at least one logical function. At least one of the computational circuits includes a plurality of concurrently operable mathematical and logical processing circuits, and an output multiplexer for selecting one of the resultant outputs for transmission on its result bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Wayne P. Dupree, Stephen G. Churchill, Jeffry R. Gallant, Larry A. Root, William J. Bressette, Robert A. Orr, III, Srikala Ramaswamy, Jeffrey A. Lucas, James A. Bleck
  • Patent number: 5555424
    Abstract: An extended Harvard architecture memory system which features an address store for containing an ordered sequence of program memory addresses, and a value store for containing a series of related data value sets. Each of the addresses contained in the address store is associated with a distinct set of instructions, such as a subroutine, that is contained in the program memory. The address store may also contain the address of one or more instruction arguments that are, in turn, contained in the value store or in a separate data memory. Both the address store and the value store are preferably connected to the same data communication path which is used by the data memory of the computer. The value store also includes a logic interface for enabling a plurality of different address increments to be programmably selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Edward R. Sederlund, Robert J. Lindesmith, Larry A. Root, Wayne P. Dupree, Lowell V. Thomas