Patents by Inventor Zachary Aaron Pfeffer

Zachary Aaron Pfeffer 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).

  • Data storage address assignment for graphics processing
    Patent number: 9047686
    Abstract: In general, aspects of this disclosure describe example techniques for efficient storage of data of various data types for graphics processing. In some examples, a processing unit may assign first and second contiguous range of addresses for a first and second data type, respectively. The processing unit may store at least one of graphics data of the first or second data type or addresses of the graphics data of the first or second data type within blocks whose addresses are within the first and second contiguous range of addresses, respectively. The processing unit may store, in cache lines of a cache, the graphics data of the first data type, and the graphics data of the second data type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Sharp, Zachary Aaron Pfeffer, Eduardus A. Metz, Maurice Ribble
  • DATA STORAGE ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20120206466
    Abstract: In general, aspects of this disclosure describe example techniques for efficient storage of data of various data types for graphics processing. In some examples, a processing unit may assign first and second contiguous range of addresses for a first and second data type, respectively. The processing unit may store at least one of graphics data of the first or second data type or addresses of the graphics data of the first or second data type within blocks whose addresses are within the first and second contiguous range of addresses, respectively. The processing unit may store, in cache lines of a cache, the graphics data of the first data type, and the graphics data of the second data type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Sharp, Zachary Aaron Pfeffer, Eduardus A. Metz, Maurice Ribble