Patents by Inventor Steven BEIGELMACHER

Steven BEIGELMACHER 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).

  • PROCESSOR AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY A PROCESSOR TO IMPLEMENT MASK LOAD AND STORE INSTRUCTIONS
    Publication number: 20120117420
    Abstract: A method of implementing a mask load or mask store instruction by a processor is provided. The method may include receiving the mask load or mask store instruction, a location of a memory operand and a location of corresponding mask bits associated with the memory operand, breaking the received memory operand into a plurality of sub-operands and executing the mask load or mask store instruction on each of the plurality of sub-operands using a fastpath operation or using microcode, wherein the respective mask load or mask store instruction loads or stores each of the plurality of sub-operands based upon the corresponding mask bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Kelvin GOVEAS, Edward MCLELLAN, Steven BEIGELMACHER, David KROESCHE, Michael CLARK