Patents by Inventor Stephane Eric Sabastien Brochier

Stephane Eric Sabastien Brochier 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).

  • Reusing a buffer memory as a microcache for program instructions of a detected program loop
    Patent number: 7571305
    Abstract: A data processing system 2 includes an instruction cache 6 having an associated buffer memory 18, 8. The buffer memory 18, 8 can operate in a buffer mode or in a microcache mode. The buffer memory is switched into the microcache mode upon program loop detection performed by loop detector circuitry 20. When operating in the microcache mode, instruction data is read from the buffer memory 18, 8 without requiring an access to the instruction cache 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Fredrick Claude Marie Piry, Louis-Marie Vincent Mouton, Stephane Eric Sabastien Brochier, Gilles Eric Grandou
  • Reusing a buffer memory as a microcache for program instructions of a detected program loop
    Publication number: 20080172547
    Abstract: A data processing system 2 includes an instruction cache 6 having an associated buffer memory 18, 8. The buffer memory 18, 8 can operate in a buffer mode or in a microcache mode. The buffer memory is switched into the microcache mode upon program loop detection performed by loop detector circuitry 20. When operating in the microcache mode, instruction data is read from the buffer memory 18, 8 without requiring an access to the instruction cache 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Frederic Claude Marie Piry, Louis-Marie Vincent Mouton, Stephane Eric Sabastien Brochier, Gilles Eric Grandou