Patents by Inventor Xiaoping AO

Xiaoping AO 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 device for flexible tag filtering
    Patent number: 12730752
    Abstract: A method and device are provided in which a request is received at a cache memory. The request includes a first tag, and the first tag includes bits. A first comparison is performed of a first subset of the bits to entries of a first storage of the cache memory. Each entry of the first storage comprises a subset of bits of a corresponding tag in a second storage of the cache memory. One or more potential matching entries of the second storage for the request are determined based on the first comparison. In response to the determining the one or more potential matching entries, a second comparison is performed of the bits to tags of the one or more potential matching entries to determine whether the second storage comprises a matching entry for the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Victor J. Guo, Shailendra Aulakh, Xiaoping Ao
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FLEXIBLE TAG FILTERING
    Publication number: 20260050552
    Abstract: A method and device are provided in which a request is received at a cache memory. The request includes a first tag, and the first tag includes bits. A first comparison is performed of a first subset of the bits to entries of a first storage of the cache memory. Each entry of the first storage comprises a subset of bits of a corresponding tag in a second storage of the cache memory. One or more potential matching entries of the second storage for the request are determined based on the first comparison. In response to the determining the one or more potential matching entries, a second comparison is performed of the bits to tags of the one or more potential matching entries to determine whether the second storage comprises a matching entry for the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Victor J. GUO, Shailendra AULAKH, Xiaoping AO