Patents by Inventor Pierre Bordes

Pierre Bordes 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).

  • Patent number: 7627744
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises an external memory, a plurality of parallel connected Vector Processing Engines (VPEs), and an External Memory Unit (EMU) providing a data transfer path between the VPEs and the external memory. Each VPE contains a plurality of data processing units and a message queuing system adapted to transfer messages between the data processing units and other components of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Monier Maher, Jean Pierre Bordes, Christopher Lamb, Sanjay J. Patel
  • Patent number: 7620530
    Abstract: A PPU-enhanced computer system is provided including a Physics Processing Unit (PPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a main memory, wherein the system creates an animation from application data stored in the main memory by data communication between the GPU, PPU, CPU and main memory. The system may include a memory controller and a chip set connecting the bus structure to the CPU and GPU through an I/O interface and connecting the PPU though a bus structure. The PPU may be a separate processing core logically grouped with the CPU and GPU processing cores. In this preferred embodiment, the CPU, GPU and PPU receive data from a common L2 cache and/or a main system memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Bordes, Curtis Davis, Manju Hegde
  • Patent number: 7565279
    Abstract: Embodiments of a callback procedure mechanism and method are disclosed in relation to a system running a physics simulation in parallel with a main application. A main application registers callback procedures in memory shared with the physics simulation in response to data generated by the physics simulation. The callback procedures are executed by the physics simulation with data generated by the physics simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: Jean Pierre Bordes
  • Patent number: 7475001
    Abstract: A PPU enhanced system stores software packages implementing, at least in part, a physics subroutine. The package being implemented as a plurality of modules, at least one module being stored and executed on a host system and another module being stored and executed on the PPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Bordes, Steven J. Borho
  • Publication number: 20080282058
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises an external memory, a plurality of parallel connected Vector Processing Engines (VPEs), and an External Memory Unit (EMU) providing a data transfer path between the VPEs and the external memory. Each VPE contains a plurality of data processing units and a message queuing system adapted to transfer messages between the data processing units and other components of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Monier Maher, Jean Pierre Bordes, Christopher Lamb, Sanjay J. Patel
  • Patent number: 7289941
    Abstract: A system and method of providing physics data generated by a physics simulation and consumed by main application are provided. The main application may incorporate different scene versions or varying physics-based complexity while running on systems having different hardware and software resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ageia Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean Pierre Bordes
  • Publication number: 20060100835
    Abstract: A PPU enhanced system stores software packages implementing, at least in part, a physics subroutine. The package being implemented as a plurality of modules, at least one module being stored and executed on a host system and another module being stored and executed on the PPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Bordes, Steven Borho
  • Patent number: 6810031
    Abstract: A method and device for controlling bandwidth distribution through a switch fabric is provided wherein a plurality of line cards and processor cards are connected through a switch fabric for parallel processing of transmission requests, along with the provision of transmission “credits” allowing for transmitting additional data bytes during a given cycle, which provides efficient and speedy bandwidth distribution, as well as resolution of output contentions. The processors maintain a credit balance which allows flexibility in granting transmission requests to accommodate transmission scheduling and “bursty” transmissions. Processors on both of the line cards and the processor cards normalize the data transmission requirements for both inputs and outputs connected by the switch fabric. Smoothing of data transmission is provided using a time-weighted buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Celox Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Manju Hegde, Otto Andreas Schmid, Jean Pierre Bordes, Xingguo Zhao, Monier Maher, Curtis Davis
  • Patent number: 4738894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and composition for trapping coloring or non-coloring liquids, in a non-woven textile consisting of fibers, characterized in that said textile is metallized under vacuum by spraying metal particles onto at least one face of the textile and along a portion of its thickness in such a way that the surface fibers, or those in the immediate vicinity of the surface, are coated with metal while remaining independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Inventor: Pierre Borde