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Brian D. Mcminn
Also filed as: MCMINN BRIAN D
37 granted patents·1,608 citations·filing 1986–2008
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37 records- 0196US6219760B1Cache including a prefetch way for storing cache lines and configured to move a prefetched cache line to a non-prefetch way upon access to the prefetched cache lineADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 17, 2001·131 cites·20 claims
- 0293US6597620B1Storage circuit with data retention during power downADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 22, 2003·77 cites·13 claims
- 0389US5058048ANormalizing pipelined floating point processing unitADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 15, 1991·172 cites·42 claims
- 0487US5053631APipelined floating point processing unitADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 1, 1991·166 cites·34 claims
- 0586US7127573B1Memory controller providing multiple power modes for accessing memory devices by reordering memory transactionsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 24, 2006·44 cites·18 claims
- 0685US7315935B1Apparatus and method for port arbitration in a register file on the basis of functional unit issue slotsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 1, 2008·41 cites·23 claims
- 0785US5430394AConfiguration and method for testing a delay chain within a microprocessor clock generatorADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 4, 1995·43 cites·20 claims
- 0882US6782486B1Apparatus for stopping and starting a clock in a clock forwarded I/O system depending on the presence of valid data in a receive bufferADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 24, 2004·35 cites·21 claims
- 0982US6151662AData transaction typing for improved caching and prefetching characteristicsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 21, 2000·100 cites·28 claims
- 1081US7133969B2System and method for handling exceptional instructions in a trace cache based processorADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 7, 2006·30 cites·30 claims
- 1181US6298424B1Computer system including priorities for memory operations and allowing a higher priority memory operation to interrupt a lower priority memory operationADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 2, 2001·29 cites·35 claims
- 1281US6138213ACache including a prefetch way for storing prefetch cache lines and configured to move a prefetched cache line to a non-prefetch way upon access to the prefetched cache lineADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 24, 2000·84 cites·20 claims
- 1378US5926646AContext-dependent memory-mapped registers for transparent expansion of a register fileADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 20, 1999·79 cites·40 claims
- 1475US7937569B1System and method for scheduling operations using speculative data operandsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 3, 2011·20 cites·22 claims
- 1575US6873184B1Circular buffer using grouping for find first functionADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 29, 2005·22 cites·25 claims
- 1674US7043626B1Retaining flag value associated with dead result data in freed rename physical register with an indicator to select set-aside register instead for renamingADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 9, 2006·20 cites·16 claims
- 1773US5570294ACircuit configuration employing a compare unit for testing variably controlled delay unitsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 29, 1996·33 cites·21 claims
- 1873US5059818ASelf-regulating clock generatorADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 22, 1991·63 cites·15 claims
- 1972US6711696B1Method for transfering data between two different clock domains by calculating which pulses of the faster clock domain should be skipped substantially simultaneously with the transferADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 23, 2004·17 cites·28 claims
- 2071US8010920B2Constraint management and validation for template-based circuit designADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 30, 2011·7 cites·20 claims
- 2171US7069411B1Mapper circuit with backup capabilityADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 27, 2006·16 cites·19 claims
- 2270US7080170B1Circular buffer using age vectorsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 18, 2006·15 cites·19 claims
- 2367US6058461AComputer system including priorities for memory operations and allowing a higher priority memory operation to interrupt a lower priority memory operationADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1997·Granted May 2, 2000·43 cites·17 claims
- 2465US6424688B1Method to transfer data in a system with multiple clock domains using clock skipping techniquesADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 23, 2002·44 cites·23 claims
- 2565US6032252AApparatus and method for efficient loop control in a superscalar microprocessorADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 29, 2000·46 cites·17 claims
- 2665US5267186ANormalizing pipelined floating point processing unitADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 30, 1993·46 cites·27 claims
- 2764US4731737AHigh speed intelligent distributed control memory systemADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1986·Granted Mar 15, 1988·31 cites·56 claims
- 2862US6957319B1Integrated circuit with multiple microcode ROMsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 18, 2005·8 cites·25 claims
- 2957US7827355B1Data processor having a cache with efficient storage of predecode information, cache, and methodGLOBALFOUNDRIES INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 2, 2010·5 cites·20 claims
- 3056US6539470B1Instruction decode unit producing instruction operand information in the order in which the operands are identified, and systems including sameADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 25, 2003·29 cites·21 claims
- 3155US6097403AMemory including logic for operating upon graphics primitivesADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 1, 2000·29 cites·19 claims
- 3253US5721695ASimulation by emulating level sensitive latches with edge trigger latchesADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 24, 1998·11 cites·10 claims
- 3352US5646893ASegmented read line circuit particularly useful for multi-port storage arraysADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 8, 1997·18 cites·20 claims
- 3448US5727177AReorder buffer circuit accommodating special instructions operating on odd-width resultsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 10, 1998·23 cites·22 claims
- 3544US6760392B1Method and apparatus to provide fixed latency early response in a system with multiple clock domains with fixable clock ratiosADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 6, 2004·16 cites·12 claims
- 3643US5077692AInformation storage device with batch select capabilityADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1990·Granted Dec 31, 1991·9 cites·13 claims
- 3728US5327571AProcessor having decoder for decoding unmodified instruction set for addressing register to read or write in parallel or serially shift in from left or rightADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 5, 1994·6 cites·6 claims
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