Patents by Inventor Nicholas Paul Joyce

Nicholas Paul Joyce 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).

  • Early resolving instructions
    Patent number: 7805592
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for handling control transfer instructions in pipelined processors. Such instructions may cause the sequence of subsequent instructions to change, and thus may require subsequent instructions to be deleted from the processor's pipeline. Pre-decode means (110) are provided for at least partially decoding control transfer instructions early in the pipeline. Subsequent instructions can then be prevented from progressing through the pipeline. The mechanism required to delete unwanted instructions is thereby simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Joyce, Nigel Peter Topham