Patents by Inventor Robert W. Hay

Robert W. Hay 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).

  • ACCELERATING THE PERFORMANCE OF MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS IN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120173923
    Abstract: Enabling application instructions to access mathematical functions from an accelerated function library to perform instructions. In the performance of the instructions, applying a predefined test instruction on a value, the value being at least one of an input argument, an intermediate result or a final result to determine if the value is a general-case or a predetermined special-case. Responsive to a determination that the value is a special-case, performing a predetermined set of special-case instructions for the performance of the mathematical function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert F. Enenkel, Robert W. Hay, Martin S. Schmookler, Christopher K. Anand