Patents by Inventor Olivier Morchipont

Olivier Morchipont 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).

  • Microprocessor with selected partitions disabled during block repeat
    Patent number: 6795930
    Abstract: A microprocessor and a method of operating the microprocessor are provided in which a portion of the microprocessor is partitioned into a plurality of partitions. A sequence of instructions is executed within an instruction pipeline of the microprocessor. A block of instructions within the sequence of instructions is repetitively executed in response to a local repeat instruction. Either prior to executing the block of instructions, or during the first iteration of the loop, a determination is made that at least one of the plurality of partitions is not needed to execute the block of instructions. Operation of the at least one identified partition is inhibited during the repetitive execution of the block of instructions in order to reduce power dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert Laurenti, Olivier Morchipont, Laurent Ichard