Patents by Inventor Mark F. Sauder

Mark F. Sauder 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: 6779072
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for accessing memory-mapped registers that are distributed across a large integrated circuit. Some embodiments provide a method for accessing memory-mapped registers that are distributed across a first integrated circuit, the first integrated circuit including a plurality of logic subset modules, wherein each of the plurality of logic subset modules includes one or more memory-mapped registers. This method includes receiving a memory-mapped register access request into the first integrated circuit, serially transmitting, through each of the plurality of logic subset modules, a first plurality of data packets based on the memory-mapped register access request, wherein the first plurality of data packets includes an address specification for a memory-mapped register associated with a first one of the logic subset modules, and within the first logic subset module, accessing the memory-mapped register associated with the first logic subset module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark F. Sauder, Michael L. Anderson, Eric C. Fromm