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Brian D. Emberling
Also filed as: EMBERLING BRIAN · EMBERLING BRIAN D
51 granted patents·11 pending applications·618 citations·filing 1998–2024
98Inventor score
Files withSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC25ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC22EMBERLING BRIAN D2LEATHER MARK M2BROWN ANDREW1
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62 records- 0196US6906720B2Multipurpose memory system for use in a graphics systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 14, 2005·113 cites·17 claims
- 0295US7089369B2Method for optimizing utilization of a double-data-rate-SDRAM memory systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 8, 2006·104 cites·22 claims
- 0388US8607247B2Method and system for workitem synchronizationHOWES LEE W·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 10, 2013·15 cites·20 claims
- 0486US8832712B2System and method for synchronizing threads using shared memory having different buffer portions for local and remote cores in a multi-processor systemHOUSTON MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 9, 2014·15 cites·22 claims
- 0584US9311102B2Dynamic control of SIMDsSHAH TUSHAR K·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 12, 2016·8 cites·16 claims
- 0683US8413120B2Method and system for thread monitoringEMBERLING BRIAN D·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 2, 2013·12 cites·16 claims
- 0782US7737994B1Large-kernel convolution using multiple industry-standard graphics acceleratorsORACLE AMERICA INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 15, 2010·34 cites·4 claims
- 0882US7151544B2Method for improving texture cache access by removing redundant requestsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 19, 2006·30 cites·21 claims
- 0982US6741256B2Predictive optimizer for DRAM memorySUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 25, 2004·23 cites·24 claims
- 1079US9311205B2Method and system for thread monitoringADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 12, 2016·4 cites·19 claims
- 1178US12299413B2Dual vector arithmetic logic unitADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2024·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1278US10140123B2SIMD processing lanes storing input pixel operand data in local register file for thread execution of image processing operationsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 27, 2018·2 cites·10 claims
- 1374US6781406B2Using observability logic for real-time debugging of ASICsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 24, 2004·18 cites·15 claims
- 1474US2025005705A1Register compaction with early releaseADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1573US6943797B2Early primitive assembly and screen-space culling for multiple chip graphics systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 13, 2005·11 cites·22 claims
- 1672US6833831B2Synchronizing data streams in a graphics processorSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 21, 2004·17 cites·17 claims
- 1772US2024355044A1System and method for executing a taskADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1871US6246422B1Efficient method for storing texture maps in multi-bank memorySUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 12, 2001·63 cites·27 claims
- 1970US6819324B2Memory interleaving technique for texture mapping in a graphics systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 16, 2004·15 cites·32 claims
- 2069US11675568B2Dual vector arithmetic logic unitADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 13, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2169US6778188B2Reconfigurable hardware filter for texture mapping and image processingSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 17, 2004·14 cites·21 claims
- 2268US8862924B2Processor with power control via instruction issuanceEMBERLING BRIAN D·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 14, 2014·3 cites·18 claims
- 2368US7184508B2Capturing data and crossing clock domains in the absence of a free-running source clockSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 27, 2007·12 cites·41 claims
- 2467US12033275B2System and methods for efficient execution of a collaborative task in a shader systemADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 9, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2566US7089509B2Controlling the propagation of a control signal by means of variable I/O delay compensation using a programmable delay circuit and detection sequenceSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 8, 2006·12 cites·18 claims
- 2666US6957399B2Controlling the propagation of a digital signal by means of variable I/O delay compensation using delay-trackingSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 18, 2005·12 cites·32 claims
- 2766US6933945B2Design for a non-blocking cache for texture mappingSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 23, 2005·11 cites·37 claims
- 2866US6914610B2Graphics primitive size estimation and subdivision for use with a texture accumulation bufferSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 5, 2005·15 cites·30 claims
- 2965US12033238B2Register compaction with early releaseADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 9, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3063US8959319B2Executing first instructions for smaller set of SIMD threads diverging upon conditional branch instructionLEATHER MARK·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 17, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 3163US6864892B2Graphics data synchronization with multiple data paths in a graphics acceleratorSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 8, 2005·7 cites·12 claims
- 3262US12229570B2Block data load with transpose into memoryADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 18, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3362US8593465B2Handling of extra contexts for shader constantsLEATHER MARK M·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 26, 2013·3 cites·25 claims
- 3462US7145570B2Magnified texture-mapped pixel performance in a single-pixel pipelineSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 5, 2006·9 cites·25 claims
- 3560US9619428B2SIMD processing unit with local data share and access to a global data share of a GPUMANTOR MICHAEL J·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 11, 2017·2 cites·17 claims
- 3659US6812928B2Performance texture mapping by combining requests for image dataSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 2, 2004·5 cites·20 claims
- 3758US2024329998A1Wave level matrix multiply instructionsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3856US9015720B2Efficient state transition among multiple programs on multi-threaded processors by executing cache priming programBROWN ANDREW·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 21, 2015·1 cites·9 claims
- 3955US11847462B2Software-based instruction scoreboard for arithmetic logic unitsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 19, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4055US11386518B2Exception handler for sampling draw dispatch identifiersADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 12, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4155US6859209B2Graphics data accumulation for improved multi-layer texture performanceSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 22, 2005·6 cites·13 claims
- 4254US9529632B2Interlocked increment memory allocation and accessMANTOR MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 27, 2016·1 cites·19 claims
- 4354US7023444B2Multi-texturing by walking an appropriately-sized supertile over a primitiveSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 4, 2006·5 cites·32 claims
- 4454US6731292B2System and method for controlling a number of outstanding data transactions within an integrated circuitSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 4, 2004·4 cites·31 claims
- 4553US6847372B2Magnified texture-mapped pixel performance in a single-pixel pipelineSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 25, 2005·4 cites·43 claims
- 4652US11226819B2Selective prefetching in multithreaded processing unitsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 18, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4752US7360020B2Method for improving cache-miss performanceSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 15, 2008·2 cites·15 claims
- 4851US10474468B2Indicating instruction scheduling mode for processing wavefront portionsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 12, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 4950US2024311199A1Software-defined compute unit resource allocation modeADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 5048US8156314B2Incremental state updatesLEATHER MARK M·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 10, 2012·0 cites·14 claims
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