Patents by Inventor Shmuel Paycher

Shmuel Paycher 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).

  • Prefetch address translation using prefetch buffer based on availability of address translation logic
    Patent number: 9152566
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to prefetch address translation in a computer processor. An aspect includes issuing, by prefetch logic, a prefetch request comprising a virtual page address. Another aspect includes, based on the prefetch request missing the TLB and the address translation logic of the processor being busy performing a current translation request, comparing a page of the prefetch request to a page of the current translation request. Yet another aspect includes, based on the page of the prefetch request matching the page of the current translation request, storing the prefetch request in a prefetch buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Khary J. Alexander, Ilia Averbouch, Ariel J. Birnbaum, Jonathan T. Hsieh, Christian Jacobi, Shmuel Paycher, Chung-Lung K. Shum
  • PREFETCH ADDRESS TRANSLATION USING PREFETCH BUFFER
    Publication number: 20130339650
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to prefetch address translation in a computer processor. An aspect includes issuing, by prefetch logic, a prefetch request comprising a virtual page address. Another aspect includes, based on the prefetch request missing the TLB and the address translation logic of the processor being busy performing a current translation request, comparing a page of the prefetch request to a page of the current translation request. Yet another aspect includes, based on the page of the prefetch request matching the page of the current translation request, storing the prefetch request in a prefetch buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Khary J. Alexander, Ilia Averbouch, Ariel J. Birnbaum, Jonathan T. Hsieh, Christian Jacobi, Shmuel Paycher, Chung-Lung K. Shum