Patents by Inventor Robyn Sampson

Robyn Sampson 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 for predicate promotion in a software loop
    Patent number: 7712091
    Abstract: A method and system for optimizing the execution of a software loop is provided. The method involves the determination of an edge in a critical recurrence cycle in the software loop. The edge is a dependency link between two instructions and contains a dependee and a dependent. The dependee is an instruction that produces a result, and the dependent is an instruction that uses the result. The method further involves performing predicate promotion of at least one of the dependee and the dependent if one or more pre-determined conditions are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kalyan Muthukumar, Robyn A. Sampson, Daniel Lavery
  • Method for predicate promotion in a software loop
    Publication number: 20070079302
    Abstract: A method and system for optimizing the execution of a software loop is provided. The method involves the determination of an edge in a critical recurrence cycle in the software loop. The edge is a dependency link between two instructions and contains a dependee and a dependent. The dependee is an instruction that produces a result, and the dependent is an instruction that uses the result. The method further involves performing predicate promotion of at least one of the dependee and the dependent if one or more pre-determined conditions are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kalyan Muthukumar, Robyn Sampson, Daniel Lavery