Patents by Inventor Ray Simar

Ray Simar 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).

  • Multicycle NOP
    Patent number: 5958044
    Abstract: A method for controlling the execution of a microprocessor to cause it to execute a NOP instruction for a programmable number of sequential cycles. A NOP instruction is provided, that includes a predetermined OP code field identifying the NOP instruction as a programmably multiple NOP instruction. A predetermined count field is provided, representing the number of sequential cycles in which a NOP operation is to be performed by said microprocessor. The NOP instruction OP code field is read, as is the NOP instruction count field. In response thereto, a NOP operation is performed for the number of sequential cycles represented by said NOP instruction count field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard A. Brown, Ray Simar, Natarajan Seshan