Patents by Inventor Peter Malcolm Keith Boffey

Peter Malcolm Keith Boffey 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).

  • System for grouping instructions for multiple issue using plural decoders having forward and backward propagation of decoding information
    Patent number: 5742783
    Abstract: Computer appratus includes an instruction execution unit (13) having a plurality of functional units (14,16) each arranged to execute at least part of an instruction and instruction issuing circuitry (10,12) for issuing simultaneously a group of separate compatible instructions to the execution unit (13) the circuitry (12) having means for classifying each instruction in dependence on the or each functional unit required for execution of that instruction and means for testing the classification of successive instructions and selecting a group which according to their classification are compatible for simultaneous issue to the execution unit (13) without conflicting demands on any function unit (14,16) in the execution unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Inmos Limited
    Inventors: Saeid Azmoodeh, Peter Malcolm Keith Boffey, Richard Matthew Forsyth, Brian Jeremy Parsons