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Stephen D. Lew
Also filed as: LEW STEPHEN · LEW STEPHEN D · LEW STEPHEN DONALD
55 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,913 citations·filing 1993–2014
99Inventor score
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57 records- 0199US7861060B1Parallel data processing systems and methods using cooperative thread arrays and thread identifier values to determine processing behaviorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 28, 2010·218 cites·18 claims
- 0299US7492368B1Apparatus, system, and method for coalescing parallel memory requestsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 17, 2009·103 cites·16 claims
- 0398US7788468B1Synchronization of threads in a cooperative thread arrayNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 31, 2010·169 cites·18 claims
- 0498US6825847B1System and method for real-time compression of pixel colorsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 30, 2004·156 cites·66 claims
- 0597US7526634B1Counter-based delay of dependent thread group executionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 28, 2009·86 cites·18 claims
- 0696US7903123B1System for programmable dithering of video dataNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 8, 2011·19 cites·15 claims
- 0796US7176878B2Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boostNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 13, 2007·57 cites·20 claims
- 0895US6982722B1System for programmable dithering of video dataNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 3, 2006·57 cites·17 claims
- 0994US8253750B1Digital media processorHUANG JEN-HSUN·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 28, 2012·44 cites·5 claims
- 1094US8203562B1Apparatus, system, and method for distributing work to integrated heterogeneous processorsALBEN JONAH M·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 19, 2012·15 cites·20 claims
- 1194US8112614B2Parallel data processing systems and methods using cooperative thread arrays with unique thread identifiers as an input to compute an identifier of a location in a shared memoryNICKOLLS JOHN R·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 7, 2012·22 cites·17 claims
- 1293US7508448B1Method and apparatus for filtering video data using a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 24, 2009·44 cites·21 claims
- 1392US7466316B1Apparatus, system, and method for distributing work to integrated heterogeneous processorsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 16, 2008·66 cites·20 claims
- 1491US8284152B1Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boostLEW STEPHEN D·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 9, 2012·6 cites·20 claims
- 1591US7937567B1Methods for scalably exploiting parallelism in a parallel processing systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 3, 2011·22 cites·18 claims
- 1691US7876378B1Method and apparatus for filtering video data using a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 25, 2011·11 cites·13 claims
- 1791US5486876AVideo interface unit for mapping physical image data to logical tilesARRAY MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 23, 1996·197 cites·25 claims
- 1890US5510857AMotion estimation coprocessorARRAY MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 23, 1996·156 cites·12 claims
- 1989US5448310AMotion estimation coprocessorARRAY MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 5, 1995·102 cites·10 claims
- 2088US8044922B1Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boostNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 25, 2011·4 cites·14 claims
- 2187US7733419B1Method and apparatus for filtering video data using a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 8, 2010·6 cites·15 claims
- 2287US7446773B1Apparatus, system, and method for integrated heterogeneous processors with integrated schedulerNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 4, 2008·48 cites·17 claims
- 2387US5699460AImage compression coprocessor with data flow control and multiple processing unitsARRAY MICROSYSTEMS·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 16, 1997·123 cites·37 claims
- 2486US7483039B1System for programmable dithering of video dataNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 27, 2009·5 cites·19 claims
- 2585US7916153B1Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boostNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 29, 2011·3 cites·12 claims
- 2681US8683184B1Multi context execution on a video processorLEW STEPHEN D·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 25, 2014·6 cites·21 claims
- 2780US7898545B1Apparatus, system, and method for integrated heterogeneous processorsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 1, 2011·28 cites·16 claims
- 2880US7274373B1System, method and computer program product for providing arbitrary texture filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 25, 2007·19 cites·60 claims
- 2979US8520009B1Method and apparatus for filtering video data using a programmable graphics processorLEW STEPHEN D·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 27, 2013·3 cites·10 claims
- 3079US6975329B2Depth-of-field effects using texture lookupNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 13, 2005·33 cites·40 claims
- 3177US8736623B1Programmable DMA engine for implementing memory transfers and video processing for a video processorLEW STEPHEN D·Filed 2005·Granted May 27, 2014·4 cites·20 claims
- 3277US8687008B2Latency tolerant system for executing video processing operationsKARANDIKAR ASHISH·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 1, 2014·4 cites·19 claims
- 3377US7779191B2Platform-based idle-time processingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 17, 2010·8 cites·20 claims
- 3476US8416251B2Stream processing in a video processorGADRE SHIRISH·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 9, 2013·4 cites·20 claims
- 3575US8493396B2Multidimensional datapath processing in a video processorKARANDIKAR ASHISH·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 23, 2013·3 cites·25 claims
- 3675US8059086B1Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boostLEW STEPHEN D·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 15, 2011·1 cites·20 claims
- 3775US8044923B1Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boostNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 25, 2011·1 cites·9 claims
- 3875US7852412B1Video noise level detectionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 14, 2010·7 cites·20 claims
- 3975US7511714B1Video format conversion using 3D graphics pipeline of a GPUNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 31, 2009·11 cites·16 claims
- 4075US7342590B1Screen compressionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 11, 2008·12 cites·20 claims
- 4174US8085239B1Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boostLEW STEPHEN D·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 27, 2011·1 cites·12 claims
- 4274US7705915B1Method and apparatus for filtering video data using a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 27, 2010·2 cites·18 claims
- 4371US7577762B1Cooperative scheduling for multiple consumersNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 18, 2009·6 cites·20 claims
- 4469US9158896B2Method and system for generating a secure keyCOX MICHAEL BRIAN·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 13, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 4569US7619687B1Method and apparatus for filtering video data using a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 17, 2009·1 cites·20 claims
- 4667US7965895B1Screen compressionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 21, 2011·1 cites·13 claims
- 4765US6870542B2System and method for filtering graphics data on scanout to a monitorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 22, 2005·7 cites·16 claims
- 4864US8698817B2Video processor having scalar and vector componentsGADRE SHIRISH·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 15, 2014·1 cites·21 claims
- 4964US8099584B2Methods for scalably exploiting parallelism in a parallel processing systemNICKOLLS JOHN R·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 17, 2012·1 cites·17 claims
- 5063US8044924B1Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boostNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 25, 2011·0 cites·10 claims
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