Patents by Inventor Lawrence D. Getzin

Lawrence D. Getzin 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).

  • System and method for identifying empty locations in a scrambled memory
    Patent number: 7509464
    Abstract: A system includes a memory operable to store scrambled data at a plurality of memory locations. The system also includes an empty detector operable to determine whether a specified memory location is empty using contents of the specified memory location. The contents of the specified memory location are not descrambled for use by the empty detector in determining whether the specified memory location is empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Getzin, David J. Fensore
  • System and method for identifying empty locations in a scrambled memory
    Patent number: 7103734
    Abstract: A system includes a memory operable to store scrambled data at a plurality of memory locations. The system also includes an empty detector operable to determine whether a specified memory location is empty using contents of the specified memory location. The contents of the specified memory location are not descrambled for use by the empty detector in determining whether the specified memory location is empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Getzin, David J. Fensore