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William R. Wheeler
Also filed as: WHEELER WILLIAM · WHEELER WILLIAM R · WHEELER WILLIAM RALPH
83 granted patents·17 pending applications·3,760 citations·filing 1974–2019
99Inventor score
Files withINTEL CORP48TENCOR INSTRUMENTS12DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP8KLA TENCOR CORP8ACBEL POLYTECH INC2
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100 records- 0196US6728845B2SRAM controller for parallel processor architecture and method for controlling access to a RAM using read and read/write queuesINTEL CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 27, 2004·119 cites·18 claims
- 0295US7161668B2Wafer edge inspectionKLA TENCOR TECH CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 9, 2007·24 cites·16 claims
- 0395US6587906B2Parallel multi-threaded processingINTEL CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 1, 2003·84 cites·17 claims
- 0494US7161667B2Wafer edge inspectionKLA TENCOR TECH CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 9, 2007·22 cites·18 claims
- 0594US6760478B1Method and apparatus for performing two pass quality video compression through pipelining and buffer managementHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 6, 2004·64 cites·17 claims
- 0694US6681300B2Read lock miss control and queue managementINTEL CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 20, 2004·89 cites·18 claims
- 0794US6606704B1Parallel multithreaded processor with plural microengines executing multiple threads each microengine having loadable microcodeINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 12, 2003·192 cites·17 claims
- 0894US3973753AHigh vacuum gate valveVARIAN ASSOCIATES·Filed 1974·Granted Aug 10, 1976·61 cites·27 claims
- 0993US6631462B1Memory shared between processing threadsINTEL CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 7, 2003·74 cites·29 claims
- 1093US6625654B1Thread signaling in multi-threaded network processorINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 23, 2003·164 cites·16 claims
- 1193US6101276AMethod and apparatus for performing two pass quality video compression through pipelining and buffer managementCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 8, 2000·139 cites·24 claims
- 1293US5948972ADual stage instrument for scanning a specimenKLA TENCOR CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 7, 1999·129 cites·75 claims
- 1392US7743235B2Processor having a dedicated hash unit integrated withinINTEL CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 22, 2010·25 cites·7 claims
- 1492US7424579B2Memory controller for processor having multiple multithreaded programmable unitsINTEL CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 9, 2008·25 cites·8 claims
- 1592US6668317B1Microengine for parallel processor architectureINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 23, 2003·157 cites·41 claims
- 1692US6532509B1Arbitrating command requests in a parallel multi-threaded processing systemINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 11, 2003·150 cites·35 claims
- 1792US6427196B1SRAM controller for parallel processor architecture including address and command queue and arbiterINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 30, 2002·152 cites·17 claims
- 1892US6267005B1Dual stage instrument for scanning a specimenKLA TENCOR CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 31, 2001·119 cites·13 claims
- 1992US5995080AMethod and apparatus for interleaving and de-interleaving YUV pixel dataDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 30, 1999·171 cites·22 claims
- 2091US6671827B2Journaling for parallel hardware threads in multithreaded processorINTEL CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 30, 2003·75 cites·21 claims
- 2191US6629237B2Solving parallel problems employing hardware multi-threading in a parallel processing environmentINTEL CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 30, 2003·73 cites·23 claims
- 2291US5705741AConstant-force profilometer with stylus-stabilizing sensor assembly, dual-view optics, and temperature drift compensationTENCOR INSTRUMENTS·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 6, 1998·71 cites·58 claims
- 2391US4302721ANon-contacting resistivity instrument with structurally related conductance and distance measuring transducersTENCOR INSTRUMENTS·Filed 1979·Granted Nov 24, 1981·56 cites·29 claims
- 2490US7546444B1Register set used in multithreaded parallel processor architectureINTEL CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 9, 2009·59 cites·20 claims
- 2589US7111296B2Thread signaling in multi-threaded processorINTEL CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 19, 2006·45 cites·27 claims
- 2687US8316191B2Memory controllers for processor having multiple programmable unitsWHEELER WILLIAM R·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 20, 2012·18 cites·8 claims
- 2787US5825680AMethod and apparatus for performing fast divisionDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 20, 1998·114 cites·21 claims
- 2886US7532318B2Wafer edge inspectionKLA TENCOR CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 12, 2009·10 cites·29 claims
- 2986US7191321B2Microengine for parallel processor architectureINTEL CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 13, 2007·38 cites·22 claims
- 3086US4044993AHigh vacuum gate valveVARIAN ASSOCIATES·Filed 1976·Granted Aug 30, 1977·35 cites·11 claims
- 3185US7305500B2Sram controller for parallel processor architecture including a read queue and an order queue for handling requestsINTEL CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 4, 2007·31 cites·23 claims
- 3284US6560667B1Handling contiguous memory references in a multi-queue systemINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted May 6, 2003·108 cites·23 claims
- 3384US5119483AApplication of state silos for recovery from memory management exceptionsDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Jun 2, 1992·85 cites·20 claims
- 3483US6324624B1Read lock miss control and queue managementINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 27, 2001·88 cites·24 claims
- 3583US5353424AFast tag compare and bank select in set associative cacheDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 4, 1994·110 cites·15 claims
- 3682US10032431B2Mobile computing device technology and systems and methods utilizing the sameWILDE MYLES·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 24, 2018·9 cites·25 claims
- 3782US8667110B2Method and apparatus for providing a remotely managed expandable computer systemGROENENDAAL JOHAN VAN DE·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 4, 2014·13 cites·22 claims
- 3882US4103542AMetrology instrument for measuring vertical profiles of integrated circuitsTENCOR INSTRUMENTS·Filed 1977·Granted Aug 1, 1978·29 cites·24 claims
- 3981US4609037AApparatus for heating and cooling articlesTENCOR INSTRUMENTS·Filed 1985·Granted Sep 2, 1986·65 cites·8 claims
- 4080US5309755AProfilometer stylus assembly insensitive to vibrationTENCOR INSTRUMENTS·Filed 1992·Granted May 10, 1994·39 cites·13 claims
- 4179US7991983B2Register set used in multithreaded parallel processor architectureINTEL CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 2, 2011·7 cites·22 claims
- 4279US7100430B2Dual stage instrument for scanning a specimenKLA TENCOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 5, 2006·27 cites·15 claims
- 4379US6240508B1Decode and execution synchronized pipeline processing using decode generated memory read queue with stop entry to allow execution generated memory readCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1995·Granted May 29, 2001·91 cites·21 claims
- 4478US6643836B2Displaying information relating to a logic designINTEL CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 4, 2003·25 cites·30 claims
- 4575US6983350B1SDRAM controller for parallel processor architectureINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 3, 2006·53 cites·21 claims
- 4675US5019967APipeline bubble compression in a computer systemDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1988·Granted May 28, 1991·51 cites·21 claims
- 4775US4391044AMetrology instrument for measuring vertical profiles of integrated circuits and the likeTENCOR INSTRUMENTS·Filed 1981·Granted Jul 5, 1983·23 cites·7 claims
- 4873US6668311B2Method for memory allocation and management using push/pop apparatusINTEL CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 23, 2003·15 cites·23 claims
- 4973US4597708AWafer handling apparatusTENCOR INSTRUMENTS·Filed 1984·Granted Jul 1, 1986·36 cites·15 claims
- 5069US10761979B2Bit check processors, methods, systems, and instructions to check a bit with an indicated check bit valueINTEL CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 1, 2020·1 cites·24 claims
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