Patents by Inventor Steve Dropsho

Steve Dropsho 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).

  • Dynamic data dependence tracking and its application to branch prediction
    Patent number: 7571302
    Abstract: A data dependence table in RAM relates physical register addresses to instructions such that for each instruction, the registers on whose data the instruction depends are identified. The table is updated for each instruction added to the pipeline. For a branch instruction, the table identifies the registers relevant to the branch instruction for branch prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Inventors: Lei Chen, David Albonesi, Steve Dropsho