Patents by Inventor William L. Licea-Kane

William L. Licea-Kane 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).

  • Method and apparatus for moving area operator definition instruction statements within control flow structures
    Patent number: 7774765
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in compiling data for a program shader identifies within data representing control flow information an area operator definition instruction statement located outside the data dependent control flow structures. The method identifies within one of the data dependent branches at least one area operator use instruction statement that has the resultant of the area operator definition instruction statement as an operand. After identifying the area operator use instruction statement, the area operator definition instruction statement is placed within the data dependent branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Norman Rubin, William L. Licea-Kane