Patents by Inventor Lewis M. Mackenzie

Lewis M. Mackenzie 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).

  • Parallel processor with array of clustered processing elements having inputs seperate from outputs and outputs limited to a maximum of two per dimension
    Patent number: 5379440
    Abstract: A processor is provided (FIG. 1) comprising a plurality of processing elements (10) arranged into D dimensions and divided into clusters (11), wherein all elements in a cluster have a bus (13) for communicating therebetween. Each element is a member of one cluster in each dimension. Each element in a cluster is connected to the bus in that cluster by output means (FIG. 3), for sending messages to a plurality of other elements in the cluster, and separate input means corresponding to each other element in the cluster for receiving messages from each other element on the corresponding separate input means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kelly, Lewis M. Mackenzie, Robert J. Sutherland