Patents by Inventor Peter Gentle

Peter Gentle 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).

  • Fast condition code generation for arithmetic logic unit
    Patent number: 8762444
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a microprocessor includes fetch logic for retrieving an instruction, decode logic configured to identify an arithmetic operation specified in the instruction, and execution logic configured to receive operands specified by the instruction. The execution logic includes a primary logic path configured to perform the arithmetic operation on such operands and a secondary parallel logic path configured to output metadata associated with the result of the arithmetic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Gentle, Scott Pitkethly
  • FAST CONDITION CODE GENERATION FOR ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT
    Publication number: 20130080740
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a microprocessor includes fetch logic for retrieving an instruction, decode logic configured to identify an arithmetic operation specified in the instruction, and execution logic configured to receive operands specified by the instruction. The execution logic includes a primary logic path configured to perform the arithmetic operation on such operands and a secondary parallel logic path configured to output metadata associated with the result of the arithmetic operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Gentle, Scott Pitkethly