Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Cramer

Timothy J. Cramer 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).

  • Patent number: 6195676
    Abstract: An integrated software architecture for a highly parallel multiprocessor system having multiple tightly-coupled processors that share a common memory efficiently controls the interface with and execution of programs on such a multiprocessor system. The software architecture combines a symmetrically integrated multithreaded operating system and an integrated parallel user environment. The operating system distributively implements an anarchy-based scheduling model for the scheduling of processes and resources by allowing each processor to access a single image of the operating system stored in the common memory that operates on a common set of operating system shared resources. The user environment provides a common visual representation for a plurality of program development tools that provide compilation, execution and debugging capabilities for multithreaded user programs and assumes parallelism as the standard mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: George A. Spix, Diane M. Wengelski, Stuart W. Hawkinson, Mark D. Johnson, Jeremiah D. Burke, Keith J. Thompson, Gregory G. Gaertner, Giacomo G. Brussino, Richard E. Hessel, David M. Barkai, Steve S. Chen, Steven G. Oslon, Robert E. Strout, II, Jon A. Masamitsu, David M. Cox, Linda J. O'Gara, Kelly T. O'Hair, David A. Seberger, James C. Rasbold, Timothy J. Cramer, Don A. Van Dyke, Ashok Chandramouli
  • Patent number: 5179702
    Abstract: An integrated software architecture for a highly parallel multiprocessor system having multiple tightly-coupled processors that share a common memory efficiently controls the interface with and execution of programs on such a multiprocessor system. The software architecture combines a symmetrically integrated multithreaded operating system and an integrated parallel user environment. The operating system distributively implements an anarchy-based scheduling model for the scheduling of processes and resources by allowing each processor to access a single image of the operating system stored in the common memory that operates on a common set of operating system shared resources. The user environment provides a common visual representation for a plurality of program development tools that provide compilation, execution and debugging capabilities for multithreaded user programs and assumes parallelism as the standard mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Supercomputer Systems Limited Partnership
    Inventors: George A. Spix, Diane M. Wengelski, Stuart W. Hawkinson, Mark D. Johnson, Jeremiah D. Burke, Keith J. Thompson, Gregory G. Gaertner, Giacomo G. Brussino, Richard E. Hessel, David M. Barkai, Steve S. Chen, Steven G. Oslon, Robert E. Strout, II, Jon A. Masamitsu, David M. Cox, Linda J. O'Gara, Kelly T. O'Hair, David A. Seberger, James C. Rasbold, Timothy J. Cramer, Don A. Van Dyke, Ashok Chandramouli
  • Patent number: 5175856
    Abstract: A modular compilation system that utilizes a fully integrated hierarchical representation as a common intermediate representation to compile source code programs written in one or more procedural programming languages into an executable object code file. The structure of the integrated common intermediate representation supports machine-independent optimizations, as well as machine-dependent optimizations, and also supports source-level debugging of the executable object code file. The integrated hierarchical representation (IHR) is language independent and is shared by all of the components of the software development system, including the debugger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Supercomputer Systems Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Don A. Van Dyke, Timothy J. Cramer, James C. Rasbold, Kelly T. O'Hair, David M. Cox, David A. Seberger, Linda J. O'Gara, Jon A. Masamitsu, Robert E. Strout, II, Ashok Chandramouli
  • Patent number: 5107418
    Abstract: A method for representing scalar data dependencies for an optimizing compiler wherein a global scalar data dependence graph is created to represent all of the scalar objects in an entire program. The scalar data dependencies are represented as three chains: a use-definition chain (ud); a definition-use chain (du) or a definition-definition chain (dd), and is created for the entire program and is maintained during the entire compilation or assembly of the program. The method for determining scalar data dependences for the entire program starts by analyzing the scalar data dependences within each basic block, in a single pass, processes all definitions and uses of all non-array data objects in the basic block, including simple variables and complex data objects such as records, unions, pointers and procedure calls in the presence of aliasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Supercomputer Systems Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Timothy J. Cramer, David M. Cox