Patents by Inventor Øyvind Strøm

Øyvind Strøm 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).

  • Apparatus and method for performing efficient multiply-accumulate operations in microprocessors
    Patent number: 8015229
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing multiply-accumulate operations in a microprocessor comprising operand input registers for receiving data to be operated on an adder and a multiplier for performing operations on the data, a result output port for presenting results to the microprocessor, a multiplexer for storing results, an accumulator cache for storing an accumulator value internal to the apparatus, and control circuitry for controlling the operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Øyvind Strøm, Erik Knutsen Renno