Patents by Inventor Norman H. Margolus

Norman H. Margolus 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).

  • Multidimensional cellular data array processing system which separately permutes stored data elements and applies transformation rules to permuted elements
    Patent number: 5159690
    Abstract: A method for coordinating the activity of a plurality of processors in a computing architecture adapted to emulate a physical space, in which spatial locality is reflected in memory organization, including the steps of subdividing the emulated physical space, assigning memory to each subdivision, and assigning a processor to each assigned memory, respectively. A related data array computer for performing an iterative updating operation upon data bits, including a first circuit for performing data-blind data movement upon the data bits, the circuBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe U.S. Government has non-exclusive rights in this invention pursuant to contract number N00014-84-K-0099 awarded by DARPA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Norman H. Margolus, Tommaso Toffoli