Patents by Inventor Sveinn V. Grimsson

Sveinn V. Grimsson 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).

  • Apparatus and method for abstract memory addressing
    Patent number: 9081657
    Abstract: An apparatus for abstract memory addressing. A processor for generating an abstract memory address. A base register for storing a base memory address. An adder for adding the base memory address to the abstract memory address and generating a physical address for a device memory. A pointer register for storing the physical address, wherein the pointer register is directly coupled to the device memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Vilhjalmur S. Thorvaldsson, Sveinn V. Grimsson, Ragnar H. Jonsson, Trausti Thormundsson, Sverrir Olafsson
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ABSTRACT MEMORY ADDRESSING
    Publication number: 20130097405
    Abstract: An apparatus for abstract memory addressing. A processor for generating an abstract memory address. A base register for storing a base memory address. An adder for adding the base memory address to the abstract memory address and generating a physical address for a device memory. A pointer register for storing the physical address, wherein the pointer register is directly coupled to the device memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Vilhjalmur S. Thorvaldsson, Sveinn V. Grimsson, Ragnar H. Jonsson, Trausti Thormundsson, Sverrir Olafsson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLOATING POINT ACCELERATION ON FIXED POINT DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS
    Publication number: 20120191955
    Abstract: A system for performing floating point operations comprising a floating point multiply function that utilizes one or more fixed point functional blocks of a processor and one or more dedicated floating point functional blocks of the processor. A floating point add function that utilizes one or more fixed point functional blocks of a processor and one or more dedicated floating point functional blocks of the processor. A floating point normalize function that utilizes one or more fixed point functional blocks of a processor and one or more dedicated floating point functional blocks of the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Ragnar H. Jonsson, Sveinn V. Grimsson, Vilhjalmur Thorvaldsson, Trausti Thormundsson