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Linus Torvalds
Also filed as: TORVALDS LINUS
19 granted patents·504 citations·filing 1999–2011
96Inventor score
Technology areasG06F
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19 records- 0195US6594821B1Translation consistency checking for modified target instructions by comparing to original copyTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 15, 2003·106 cites·24 claims
- 0294US7644210B1Method and system for storing and retrieving a translation of target program instruction from a host processor using fast look-up of indirect branch destination in a dynamic translation systemBANNING JOHN·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 5, 2010·49 cites·46 claims
- 0392US7404181B1Switching to original code comparison of modifiable code for translated code validity when frequency of detecting memory overwrites exceeds thresholdTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 22, 2008·22 cites·16 claims
- 0491US8335930B2Architecture, system, and method for operating on encrypted and/or hidden informationJOHNSON RICHARD C·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 18, 2012·23 cites·20 claims
- 0590US7694151B1Architecture, system, and method for operating on encrypted and/or hidden informationJOHNSON RICHARD C·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 6, 2010·62 cites·22 claims
- 0689US7111096B1Fast look-up of indirect branch destination in a dynamic translation systemTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 19, 2006·52 cites·30 claims
- 0787US7096460B1Switching to original modifiable instruction copy comparison check to validate prior translation when translated sub-area protection exception slows down operationTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 22, 2006·34 cites·12 claims
- 0886US6615300B1Fast look-up of indirect branch destination in a dynamic translation systemTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 2, 2003·42 cites·15 claims
- 0982US7331041B1Method of changing modes of code generationTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 12, 2008·10 cites·10 claims
- 1067US7904891B2Checking for instruction invariance to execute previously obtained translation code by comparing instruction to a copy stored when write operation to the memory portion occurBANNING JOHN·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 8, 2011·2 cites·34 claims
- 1165US6880152B1Method of determining a mode of code generationTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 12, 2005·38 cites·23 claims
- 1264US8438548B2Consistency checking of source instruction to execute previously translated instructions between copy made upon occurrence of write operation to memory and current versionBANNING JOHN·Filed 2011·Granted May 7, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 1358US6714904B1System for using rate of exception event generation during execution of translated instructions to control optimization of the translated instructionsTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 30, 2004·33 cites·20 claims
- 1454US8418153B2Method for integration of interpretation and translation in a microprocessorBEDICHEK ROBERT·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 9, 2013·0 cites·21 claims
- 1548US6990658B1Method for translating instructions in a speculative microprocessor featuring committing stateTRANSMETA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 24, 2006·16 cites·6 claims
- 1645US9875103B2Translating instructions in a speculative processorTORVALDS LINUS·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 23, 2018·0 cites·19 claims
- 1745US7694301B1Method and system for supporting input/output for a virtual machineLAREDO NATHAN·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 6, 2010·3 cites·27 claims
- 1844US7694113B1Method for translating instructions in a speculative microprocessorTORVALDS LINUS·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 6, 2010·0 cites·8 claims
- 1939US7761857B1Method for switching between interpretation and dynamic translation in a processor system based upon code sequence execution countsBEDICHEK ROBERT·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 20, 2010·11 cites·26 claims
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