Patents by Inventor Willard Briggs

Willard Briggs 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).

  • TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING NON-VECTOR MICRO-OPERATIONS ON VECTOR HARDWARE
    Publication number: 20250130799
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for processing non-vector micro-operations. In an aspect, a micro-operation processing apparatus may include a first execution unit configured to execute micro-operations and a second execution unit configured to execute micro-operations. The micro-operation processing apparatus may include a first multiplexer having an output operatively coupled to an input of the second execution unit. The micro-operation processing apparatus may include a first data input lane operatively coupled to an input of the first execution unit and a first input of the first multiplexer. The micro-operation processing apparatus may also include a second data input lane operatively coupled to a second input of the first multiplexer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher PALISTRANT, Willard BRIGGS, Carl E. LEMONDS, JR., Benjamin Crawford CHAFFIN
  • System having cache memory and method of accessing
    Publication number: 20060179231
    Abstract: A system having an upper-level cache and a lower-level cache working in a victim mode is disclosed. The victim cache comprising a most recently used control module to identify a cache location having been most recently read as a least recently used cache location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Willard Briggs, Amar Vattakandy