Patents by Inventor Rune HOLM, JR.

Rune HOLM, JR. 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).

  • Scheduling program instructions with a runner-up execution position
    Patent number: 9436473
    Abstract: A single instruction multiple thread (SIMT) processor includes scheduling circuitry for calculating a next scheduled execution point for execution circuits which execute respective threads corresponding to a common program. In addition to calculating the next scheduled execution point, the scheduling circuitry determines a runner up execution point which would have been determined as the next scheduled execution point if the threads which actually correspond to the next scheduled execution point had been removed from consideration. This runner up execution point is used to identify points of re-convergence within the program flow and as part of the operation of a static branch predictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Rune Holm, Jr., David Hennah Mansell
  • SCHEDULING PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS WITH A RUNNER-UP EXECUTION POSITION
    Publication number: 20150100768
    Abstract: A single instruction multiple thread (SIMT) processor 2 includes scheduling circuitry 8 for calculating a next scheduled execution point for execution circuits 4 which execute respective threads corresponding to a common program. In addition to calculating the next scheduled execution point, the scheduling circuitry determines a runner up execution point which would have been determined as the next scheduled execution point if the threads which actually correspond to the next scheduled execution point had been removed from consideration. This runner up execution point is used to identify points of re-convergence within the program flow and as part of the operation of a static branch predictor 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: ARM LIMITED
    Inventors: Rune HOLM, JR., David Hennah MANSELL