Patents by Inventor Michael Abrash
Michael Abrash 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).
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Patent number: 10042814Abstract: A device, system and method for assigning values to elements in a first register, where each data field in a first register corresponds to a data element to be written into a second register, and where for each data field in the first register, a first value may indicate that the corresponding data element has not been written into the second register and a second value indicates that the corresponding data element has been written into the second register, reading the values of each of the data fields in the first register, and for each data field in the first register having the first value, gathering the corresponding data element and writing the corresponding data element into the second register, and changing the value of the data field in the first register from the first value to the second value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Eric Sprangle, Anwar Rohillah, Robert Cavin, Andrew T. Forsyth, Michael Abrash
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Publication number: 20150074354Abstract: A device, system and method for assigning values to elements in a first register, where each data field in a first register corresponds to a data element to be written into a second register, and where for each data field in the first register, a first value may indicate that the corresponding data element has not been written into the second register and a second value indicates that the corresponding data element has been written into the second register, reading the values of each of the data fields in the first register, and for each data field in the first register having the first value, gathering the corresponding data element and writing the corresponding data element into the second register, and changing the value of the data field in the first register from the first value to the second value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Eric Sprangle, Anwar Rohillah, Robert Cavin, Andrew T. Forsyth, Michael Abrash
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Patent number: 8892848Abstract: A device, system and method for assigning values to elements in a first register, where each data field in a first register corresponds to a data element to be written into a second register, and where for each data field in the first register, a first value may indicate that the corresponding data element has not been written into the second register and a second value indicates that the corresponding data element has been written into the second register, reading the values of each of the data fields in the first register, and for each data field in the first register having the first value, gathering the corresponding data element and writing the corresponding data element into the second register, and changing the value of the data field in the first register from the first value to the second value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Eric Sprangle, Anwar Rohillah, Robert Cavin, Tom Forsyth, Michael Abrash
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Patent number: 8681173Abstract: A system and method for generating a single compressed vector including two or more predetermined attribute values. For each of a plurality of data points such as pixels, if a first and a second attribute values of the data point are equal to a first and a second, respectively, of the two or more predetermined attribute values, the compressed vector is used to operate on the data point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Eric Sprangle, Anwar Rohillah, Robert Cavin, Tom Forsyth, Michael Abrash
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Publication number: 20110264863Abstract: A device, system and method for assigning values to elements in a first register, where each data field in a first register corresponds to a data element to be written into a second register, and where for each data field in the first register, a first value may indicate that the corresponding data element has not been written into the second register and a second value indicates that the corresponding data element has been written into the second register, reading the values of each of the data fields in the first register, and for each data field in the first register having the first value, gathering the corresponding data element and writing the corresponding data element into the second register, and changing the value of the data field in the first register from the first value to the second value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Eric Sprangle, Anwar Rohillah, Robert Cavin, Tom Forsyth, Michael Abrash
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Patent number: 7984273Abstract: A system and method for assigning values to elements in a first register, where each data field in a first register corresponds to a data element to be written into a second register, and where for each data field in the first register, a first value may indicate that the corresponding data element has not been written into the second register and a second value indicates that the corresponding data element has been written into the second register, reading the values of each of the data fields in the first register, and for each data field in the first register having the first value, gathering the corresponding data element and writing the corresponding data element into the second register, and changing the value of the data field in the first register from the first value to the second value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignees: Intel CorporationInventors: Eric Sprangle, Anwar Rohillah, Robert Cavin, Tom Forsyth, Michael Abrash
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Publication number: 20090172364Abstract: A system and method for assigning values to elements in a first register, where each data field in a first register corresponds to a data element to be written into a second register, and where for each data field in the first register, a first value may indicate that the corresponding data element has not been written into the second register and a second value indicates that the corresponding data element has been written into the second register, reading the values of each of the data fields in the first register, and for each data field in the first register having the first value, gathering the corresponding data element and writing the corresponding data element into the second register, and changing the value of the data field in the first register from the first value to the second value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Eric Sprangle, Anwar Rohillah, Robert Cavin, Tom Forsyth, Michael Abrash
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Publication number: 20090171994Abstract: A system and method for generating a single compressed vector including two or more predetermined attribute values. For each of a plurality of data points such as pixels, if a first and a second attribute values of the data point are equal to a first and a second, respectively, of the two or more predetermined attribute values, the compressed vector is used to operate on the data point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Eric Sprangle, Anwar Rohillah, Robert Cavin, Tom Forsyth, Michael Abrash
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Patent number: 7333114Abstract: A CPU module includes a host element configured to perform a high-level host-related task, and one or more data-generating processing elements configured to perform a data-generating task associated with the high-level host-related task. Each data-generating processing element includes logic configured to receive input data, and logic configured to process the input data to produce output data. The amount of output data is greater than an amount of input data, and the ratio of the amount of input data to the amount of output data defines a decompression ratio. In one implementation, the high-level host-related task performed by the host element pertains to a high-level graphics processing task, and the data-generating task pertains to the generation of geometry data (such as triangle vertices) for use within the high-level graphics processing task. The CPU module can transfer the output data to a GPU module via at least one locked set of a cache memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeffrey A. Andrews, Nicholas R. Baker, J. Andrew Goossen, Michael Abrash
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Publication number: 20060095672Abstract: A CPU module includes a host element configured to perform a high-level host-related task, and one or more data-generating processing elements configured to perform a data-generating task associated with the high-level host-related task. Each data-generating processing element includes logic configured to receive input data, and logic configured to process the input data to produce output data. The amount of output data is greater than an amount of input data, and the ratio of the amount of input data to the amount of output data defines a decompression ratio. In one implementation, the high-level host-related task performed by the host element pertains to a high-level graphics processing task, and the data-generating task pertains to the generation of geometry data (such as triangle vertices) for use within the high-level graphics processing task. The CPU module can transfer the output data to a GPU module via at least one locked set of a cache memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Inventors: Jeffrey Andrews, Nicholas Baker, J. Goossen, Michael Abrash, Russell Hoover, Eric Mejdrich, Sandra Woodward
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Publication number: 20050122339Abstract: A CPU module includes a host element configured to perform a high-level host-related task, and one or more data-generating processing elements configured to perform a data-generating task associated with the high-level host-related task. Each data-generating processing element includes logic configured to receive input data, and logic configured to process the input data to produce output data. The amount of output data is greater than an amount of input data, and the ratio of the amount of input data to the amount of output data defines a decompression ratio. In one implementation, the high-level host-related task performed by the host element pertains to a high-level graphics processing task, and the data-generating task pertains to the generation of geometry data (such as triangle vertices) for use within the high-level graphics processing task. The CPU module can transfer the output data to a GPU module via at least one locked set of a cache memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Andrews, Nicholas Baker, J. Goossen, Michael Abrash
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Patent number: 6862027Abstract: A CPU module includes a host element configured to perform a high-level host-related task, and one or more data-generating processing elements configured to perform a data-generating task associated with the high-level host-related task. Each data-generating processing element includes logic configured to receive input data, and logic configured to process the input data to produce output data. The amount of output data is greater than an amount of input data, and the ratio of the amount of input data to the amount of output data defines a decompression ratio. In one implementation, the high-level host-related task performed by the host element pertains to a high-level graphics processing task, and the data-generating task pertains to the generation of geometry data (such as triangle vertices) for use within the high-level graphics processing task. The CPU module can transfer the output data to a GPU module via at least one locked set of a cache memory.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Microsoft Corp.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Andrews, Nicholas R. Baker, J. Andrew Goossen, Michael Abrash
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Publication number: 20040263519Abstract: A CPU module includes a host element configured to perform a high-level host-related task, and one or more data-generating processing elements configured to perform a data-generating task associated with the high-level host-related task. Each data-generating processing element includes logic configured to receive input data, and logic configured to process the input data to produce output data. The amount of output data is greater than an amount of input data, and the ratio of the amount of input data to the amount of output data defines a decompression ratio. In one implementation, the high-level host-related task performed by the host element pertains to a high-level graphics processing task, and the data-generating task pertains to the generation of geometry data (such as triangle vertices) for use within the high-level graphics processing task. The CPU module can transfer the output data to a GPU module via at least one locked set of a cache memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeffrey A. Andrews, Nicholas R. Baker, J. Andrew Goossen, Michael Abrash
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Patent number: 5818465Abstract: An approach to outputting 256-color pixel data more quickly than conventional systems is provided. In this approach, a word of data encoding a color bit map for up to eight pixels may be stored in a system buffer and then written to a video adapter. The video adapter is configured such that color codes for multiple pixels may be simultaneously written into the planes of the display memory of the adapter. As a result, 256-color pixel data may be more quickly drawn on a video display than in conventional systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Michael Abrash