Patents by Inventor Nigel Jürgen TOON

Nigel Jürgen TOON 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).

  • Interface between a bus and a inter-thread interconnect
    Patent number: 9594720
    Abstract: A processing apparatus comprising: a bus; a first processor connected to the bus and configured to communicate over the bus according to a bus protocol; a second, multithread processor; and an inter-thread interconnect based on a system of channels. The apparatus also comprises an interface between the bus and the inter-thread interconnect, comprising a bus side implementing the bus protocol and an interconnect side for interfacing with the system of channels. The first processor is thereby operable to communicate with a designated one of said threads via the bus and a respective channel of the inter-thread interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Xmos Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Stanford-Jason, Michael David May, Nigel Jürgen Toon, Daniel John Pelham Wilkinson
  • PROCESSOR COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150113184
    Abstract: A processing apparatus comprising: a bus; a first processor connected to the bus and configured to communicate over the bus according to a bus protocol; a second, multithread processor; and an inter-thread interconnect based on a system of channels. The apparatus also comprises an interface between the bus and the inter-thread interconnect, comprising a bus side implementing the bus protocol and an interconnect side for interfacing with the system of channels. The first processor is thereby operable to communicate with a designated one of said threads via the bus and a respective channel of the inter-thread interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: XMOS Limited
    Inventors: Andrew STANFORD-JASON, Michael David MAY, Nigel Jürgen TOON, Daniel John Pelham WILKINSON