Patents by Inventor Tommy Thorn

Tommy Thorn 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).

  • Trap handler architecture for a parallel processing unit
    Patent number: 8522000
    Abstract: A trap handler architecture is incorporated into a parallel processing subsystem such as a GPU. The trap handler architecture minimizes design complexity and verification efforts for concurrently executing threads by imposing a property that all thread groups associated with a streaming multi-processor are either all executing within their respective code segments or are all executing within the trap handler code segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Michael C. Shebanow, Jack Choquette, Brett W. Coon, Steven J. Heinrich, Aravind Kalaiah, John R. Nickolls, Daniel Salinas, Ming Y. Siu, Tommy Thorn, Nicholas Wang
  • TRAP HANDLER ARCHITECTURE FOR A PARALLEL PROCESSING UNIT
    Publication number: 20110078427
    Abstract: A trap handler architecture is incorporated into a parallel processing subsystem such as a GPU. The trap handler architecture minimizes design complexity and verification efforts for concurrently executing threads by imposing a property that all thread groups associated with a streaming multi-processor are either all executing within their respective code segments or are all executing within the trap handler code segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Michael C. Shebanow, Jack Choquette, Brett W. Coon, Steven J. Heinrich, Aravind Kalaiah, John R. Nickolls, Daniel Salinas, Ming Y. Siu, Tommy Thorn, Nicholas Wang