Patents by Inventor Max Gröning

Max Gröning 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).

  • Instruction cache with access locking
    Patent number: 9645825
    Abstract: An instruction cache includes instruction storage, a plurality of lock indicators, and control logic. The instruction storage includes a plurality of cache blocks to store instructions. Each of the lock indicators is associated with one of the cache blocks so as to control access to the associated cache block. The control logic is configured to: set to a write disable state, on access of a given one of the cache blocks, a given one of the lock indictors associated with the given one of the cache blocks; to determine whether a given instruction is stored in the instruction storage; and to deny write access to the given one of the cache blocks that is assigned to store the given instruction based on the given one of the block indicators being set to the write disable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Wiencke, Max Gröning, Norbert Reichel
  • INSTRUCTION CACHE WITH ACCESS LOCKING
    Publication number: 20160210246
    Abstract: An instruction cache includes instruction storage, a plurality of lock indicators, and control logic. The instruction storage includes a plurality of cache blocks to store instructions. Each of the lock indicators is associated with one of the cache blocks so as to control access to the associated cache block. The control logic is configured to: set to a write disable state, on access of a given one of the cache blocks, a given one of the lock indictors associated with the given one of the cache blocks; to determine whether a given instruction is stored in the instruction storage; and to deny write access to the given one of the cache blocks that is assigned to store the given instruction based on the given one of the block indicators being set to the write disable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Wiencke, Max Gröning, Norbert Reichel