Patents by Inventor Philip Rodgers Hillier, III

Philip Rodgers Hillier, III 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 modifying microprocessor operations independently of the execution unit upon detection of preselected opcodes
    Patent number: 5790843
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for providing instruction dependent execution control on a microprocessor device. The system and method utilize instruction match register/execution control register (IMR/ECR) pairs to first identify known problematic instructions and to then alter control of the microprocessor in a preselected manner when processing each problematic instruction. The invention contemplates the use of numerous control options for altering control of the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Michael Borkenhagen, William Thomas Flynn, Philip Rodgers Hillier, III, Andrew Henry Wottreng