Patents by Inventor Randall R. Torrance

Randall R. Torrance 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).

  • Memory devices
    Patent number: 5715200
    Abstract: A memory device with a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) having an array of a plurality of rows and columns of memory elements; a cache memory formed integrally with the DRAM and includinmg at least one register with a plurality of memory elements and connected in pitch-matched relation to the DRAM array, the number of memory elements in a row of the DRAM being n times the number of memory elements in the at least one register, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2; and a connector for connecting the at least one register to the DRAM, the connector for the at least one register being a bus having a width corresponding to the number of memory elements therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Accelerix Limited
    Inventors: Dennis A. Fielder, James H. Derbyshire, Peter B. Gillingham, Cormac M. O'Connell, Randall R. Torrance