Patents by Inventor Patrick Xi

Patrick Xi 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).

  • Two way communication support for heterogenous processors of a computer platform
    Patent number: 8719839
    Abstract: A computer system may comprise a computer platform and input-output devices. The computer platform may include a plurality of heterogeneous processors comprising a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit) GPU, for example. The GPU may be coupled to a GPU compiler and a GPU linker/loader and the CPU may be coupled to a CPU compiler and a CPU linker/loader. The user may create a shared object in an object oriented language and the shared object may include virtual functions. The shared object may be fine grain partitioned between the heterogeneous processors. The GPU compiler may allocate the shared object to the CPU and may create a first and a second enabling path to allow the GPU to invoke virtual functions of the shared object. Thus, the shared object that may include virtual functions may be shared seamlessly between the CPU and the GPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shoumeng Yan, Xiaocheng Zhou, Ying Gao, Mohan Rajagopalan, Rajiv Deodhar, David Putzolu, Clark Nelson, Milind Girkar, Robert Geva, Tiger Chen, Sai Luo, Stephen Junkins, Bratin Saha, Ravi Narayanaswamy, Patrick Xi
  • TWO WAY COMMUNICATION SUPPORT FOR HETEROGENOUS PROCESSORS OF A COMPUTER PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20130061240
    Abstract: A computer system may comprise a computer platform and input-output devices. The computer platform may include a plurality of heterogeneous processors comprising a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit) GPU, for example. The GPU may be coupled to a GPU compiler and a GPU linker/loader and the CPU may be coupled to a CPU compiler and a CPU linker/loader. The user may create a shared object in an object oriented language and the shared object may include virtual functions. The shared object may be fine grain partitioned between the heterogeneous processors. The GPU compiler may allocate the shared object to the CPU and may create a first and a second enabling path to allow the GPU to invoke virtual functions of the shared object. Thus, the shared object that may include virtual functions may be shared seamlessly between the CPU and the GPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Shoumeng Yan, Xiaocheng Zhou, Ying Gao, Mohan Rajagopalan, Rajiv Deodhar, David Putzolu, Clark Nelson, Milind Girkar, Robert Geva, Tiger Chen, Sai Luo, Stephen Junkins, Bratin Saha, Ravi Narayanaswamy, Patrick Xi