Patents by Inventor Randy Osborne

Randy Osborne 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).

  • Method and apparatus for out of order memory scheduling
    Publication number: 20050091460
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an algorithm for scheduling read and write transactions to memory out of order to improve command and data bus utilization and gain performance over a range of workloads. In particular, memory transactions are sorted into queues so that they do not have page conflict with each other and are scheduled from these queues out of order in accordance with read and write scheduling algorithms to optimize latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Hemant Rotithor, Randy Osborne, Nagi Aboulenein
  • Method and apparatus for implicit DRAM precharge
    Publication number: 20050071541
    Abstract: Apparatus and method to implicitly transmit a command to close a row of memory cells within a memory device as part of the transmission of an activate command to open another row of memory cells within the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventor: Randy Osborne
  • Method and apparatus for selective DRAM precharge
    Publication number: 20050071536
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for using a precharge command in which a plurality of address lines are individually used to specify which banks of memory cells within a memory device have an open row that is to be closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventor: Randy Osborne