Patents by Inventor Yaoqiang (George) Xie

Yaoqiang (George) Xie 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).

  • Computing device with flexibly configurable expansion slots and method of operation
    Patent number: 7996591
    Abstract: A computing device that allows for a flexible allocation of bandwidth among peripheral devices using a peripheral bus is disclosed. The computing device includes a peripheral bus and at least two slots. The computing device may be used with a single peripheral card or multiple peripheral cards. In a multi-card configuration the invention allows the bandwidth on the peripheral bus to be shared by all the cards. In a single-card configuration, the computing device allows available bandwidth on the peripheral bus to be used by a single card. The device is particularly useful with PCI express compliant expansion cards, such as graphics adapters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Yaoqiang (George) Xie, Roumen Saltchev
  • COMPUTING DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLY CONFIGURABLE EXPANSION SLOTS, AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20090204736
    Abstract: A computing device that allows for a flexible allocation of bandwidth among peripheral devices using a peripheral bus is disclosed. The computing device includes a peripheral bus and at least two slots. The computing device may be used with a single peripheral card or multiple peripheral cards. In a multi-card configuration the invention allows the bandwidth on the peripheral bus to be shared by all the cards. In a single-card configuration, the computing device allows available bandwidth on the peripheral bus to be used by a single card. The device is particularly useful with PCI express compliant expansion cards, such as graphics adapters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Yaoqiang (George) Xie, Roumen Saltchev
  • Computing device with flexibly configurable expansion slots, and method of operation
    Patent number: 7539801
    Abstract: A computing device that allows for a flexible allocation of bandwidth among peripheral devices using a peripheral bus is disclosed. The computing device includes a peripheral bus and at least two slots. The computing device may be used with a single peripheral card or multiple peripheral cards. In a multi-card configuration the invention allows the bandwidth on the peripheral bus to be shared by all the cards. In a single-card configuration, the computing device allows available bandwidth on the peripheral bus to be used by a single card. The device is particularly useful with PCI express compliant expansion cards, such as graphics adapters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Yaoqiang (George) Xie, Roumen Saltchev