Patents by Inventor Peter A. Darnell

Peter A. Darnell 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).

  • Control of multiple processors executing in parallel regions
    Patent number: 4829422
    Abstract: Multiple processors are enabled to regulate their work within sections of a machine instruction sequence by storing status information about the state of execution of the parallel regions by the processors, and including, in the machine instruction sequence, parallel control instructions which enable each processor to proceed from section to section on the basis of the status information, without interrupting the execution of the machine instruction sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: STellar Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Milton A. Morton, Peter A. Darnell, Lee W. Cooprider, Gary Bray