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Franck R. Diard
Also filed as: DIARD FRANCK · DIARD FRANCK R
107 granted patents·17 pending applications·2,270 citations·filing 2003–2025
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124 records- 0199US7075541B2Adaptive load balancing in a multi-processor graphics processing systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 11, 2006·235 cites·27 claims
- 0298US7015915B1Programming multiple chips from a command bufferNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 21, 2006·147 cites·31 claims
- 0397US6956579B1Private addressing in a multi-processor graphics processing systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 18, 2005·199 cites·29 claims
- 0496US8040351B1Using a geometry shader to perform a hough transformNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 18, 2011·35 cites·17 claims
- 0596US7616207B1Graphics processing system including at least three bus devicesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 10, 2009·48 cites·3 claims
- 0696US7522167B1Coherence of displayed images for split-frame rendering in multi-processor graphics systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 21, 2009·118 cites·16 claims
- 0796US7383412B1On-demand memory synchronization for peripheral systems with multiple parallel processorsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 3, 2008·62 cites·22 claims
- 0895US7602395B1Programming multiple chips from a command buffer for stereo image generationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 13, 2009·44 cites·18 claims
- 0995US7456833B1Graphical representation of load balancing and overlapNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 25, 2008·37 cites·16 claims
- 1095US7065630B1Dynamically creating or removing a physical-to-virtual address mapping in a memory of a peripheral deviceNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 20, 2006·144 cites·27 claims
- 1194US8537166B1System and method for rendering and displaying high-resolution imagesDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 17, 2013·38 cites·20 claims
- 1294US8233000B1System and method for switching between graphical processing unitsDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 31, 2012·36 cites·21 claims
- 1394US8077181B2Adaptive load balancing in a multi processor graphics processing systemDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 13, 2011·9 cites·19 claims
- 1494US7721118B1Optimizing power and performance for multi-processor graphics processingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 18, 2010·108 cites·27 claims
- 1594US7372465B1Scalable graphics processing for remote displayNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 13, 2008·91 cites·19 claims
- 1694US7289125B2Graphics device clustering with PCI-expressNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 30, 2007·68 cites·22 claims
- 1793US7525548B2Video processing with multiple graphical processing unitsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 28, 2009·29 cites·16 claims
- 1893US7053901B2System and method for accelerating a special purpose processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 30, 2006·87 cites·28 claims
- 1992US11726755B2Caching of compiled shader programs in a cloud computing environmentNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 15, 2023·5 cites·22 claims
- 2092US8254701B1Data compression using a geometry shading unitDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 28, 2012·18 cites·24 claims
- 2192US8243086B1Variable length data compression using a geometry shading unitDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 14, 2012·18 cites·19 claims
- 2292US7773090B1Kernel mode graphics driver for dual-core computer systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 10, 2010·33 cites·20 claims
- 2392US7525547B1Programming multiple chips from a command buffer to process multiple imagesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 28, 2009·71 cites·19 claims
- 2491US11683253B2Network adaptive latency reduction through frame rate controlNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 20, 2023·2 cites·19 claims
- 2591US9524138B2Load balancing in a system with multi-graphics processors and multi-display systemsBOUCHER ERIC·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 20, 2016·19 cites·25 claims
- 2691US8345052B1Method and system for using a GPU frame buffer in a multi-GPU system as cache memoryNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 1, 2013·25 cites·20 claims
- 2790US9928642B2Using a geometry shader for variable input and output algorithmsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 27, 2018·5 cites·19 claims
- 2890US8395619B1System and method for transferring pre-computed Z-values between GPUsDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 12, 2013·21 cites·20 claims
- 2990US8358381B1Real-time video segmentation on a GPU for scene and take indexingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 22, 2013·14 cites·17 claims
- 3090US8259119B1System and method for switching between graphical processing unitsDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 4, 2012·20 cites·23 claims
- 3190US7995003B1System and method for rendering and displaying high-resolution imagesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 9, 2011·26 cites·20 claims
- 3289US8295621B1Data decompression using a geometry shading unitDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 23, 2012·18 cites·20 claims
- 3389US8149247B1Method and system for blending rendered images from multiple applicationsDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 3, 2012·7 cites·18 claims
- 3489US7974485B1Split-frame post-processing in a programmable video pipelineNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 5, 2011·13 cites·24 claims
- 3589US7388581B1Asynchronous conditional graphics renderingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 17, 2008·62 cites·17 claims
- 3688US7796135B1Coherence of displayed images for split-frame rendering in multi-processor graphics systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 14, 2010·11 cites·17 claims
- 3788US7545380B1Sequencing of displayed images for alternate frame rendering in a multi-processor graphics systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 9, 2009·37 cites·21 claims
- 3887US7629978B1Multichip rendering with state controlNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 8, 2009·15 cites·20 claims
- 3987US6952217B1Graphics processing unit self-programmingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 4, 2005·31 cites·41 claims
- 4084US9805439B2Memory space mapping techniques for server based graphics processingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 31, 2017·4 cites·14 claims
- 4184US9536275B1Using a geometry shader for variable input and output algorithmsDIARD FRANCK R·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 3, 2017·8 cites·18 claims
- 4283US9495723B2Scale-up techniques for multi-GPU passthroughNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 15, 2016·5 cites·20 claims
- 4383US9171350B2Adaptive resolution DGPU rendering to provide constant framerate with free IGPU scale upDIARD FRANCK·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 27, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 4482US8228337B1System and method for temporal load balancing across GPUsKHODAKOVSKY ANDREI·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 24, 2012·13 cites·20 claims
- 4582US7546483B1Offloading RAID functions to a graphics coprocessorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 9, 2009·11 cites·8 claims
- 4682US7528836B2Programming multiple chips from a command bufferNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·10 cites·7 claims
- 4781US10049646B2Method and system for keyframe detection when executing an application in a cloud based system providing virtualized graphics processing to remote serversNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 14, 2018·6 cites·22 claims
- 4881US8054316B2Picture processing using a hybrid system configurationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 8, 2011·4 cites·20 claims
- 4981US7768517B2Asymmetric multi-GPU processingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 3, 2010·11 cites·25 claims
- 5080US8102393B1Cull streams for fine-grained rendering predicationEVERITT CASS W·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 24, 2012·10 cites·20 claims
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