Patents by Inventor Matthew Hostetter

Matthew Hostetter 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).

  • Supporting secondary atomic operations using primary atomic operations
    Patent number: 8549249
    Abstract: Performing atomic operations in a computing system includes: acquiring a lock by performing a primary atomic operation that is directly supported in circuitry of the computing system on a first memory address in a memory of the computing system; accessing a second memory address in the memory of the computing system after the lock has been acquired; completing a secondary atomic operation based on accessing the second memory address; and releasing the acquired lock after the secondary atomic operation has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Tilera Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Metcalf, Matthew Hostetter