Patents by Inventor Vijay Devarajan

Vijay Devarajan 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).

  • Determining scheduling priority using queue time optimization
    Patent number: 7623936
    Abstract: A method for determining priority of a selected workpiece in a process flow including a plurality of operations includes providing an objective function relating manufacturing losses to workpiece priority for the operations in the process flow. The objective function is solved to generate priority metrics for at least a subset of the operations remaining for the selected workpiece to allow completion of the selected workpiece in the process flow by a target completion due time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Qu, Vijay Devarajan, Michael A. Hillis, Dax Middlebrooks, Farzad Sadjadi, Chandrashekar Krishnaswamy