Patents by Inventor Mike J. Morrison

Mike J. Morrison 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).

  • Method and apparatus for accelerated instruction restart in a microprocessor
    Patent number: 5944818
    Abstract: A system for accelerating instruction restart in a microprocessor. An instruction is fetched. The instruction is placed in a macro-instruction queue and sent to the decoder. The instruction is decoded in order to produce at least one micro-operation. The micro-operation is executed, and the microprocessor checks for instruction restart conditions. If an instruction restart condition is found, the instruction restart function is performed. The instruction restart function includes decoding the instruction stored in the macro-instruction queue and executing the corresponding micro-operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff J. Baxter, Mike J. Morrison, Anand B. Pai, Nazar A. Zaidi