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Richard E. Hessel
Also filed as: HESSEL RICHARD · HESSEL RICHARD E · HESSEL RICHARD EDWARD
26 granted patents·1 pending application·4,314 citations·filing 1990–2012
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27 records- 0198US6717576B1Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced featuresAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 6, 2004·297 cites·30 claims
- 0298US6597363B1Graphics processor with deferred shadingAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 22, 2003·322 cites·29 claims
- 0398US6288730B1Method and apparatus for generating textureAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 11, 2001·190 cites·39 claims
- 0497US8356144B2Vector processor systemHESSEL RICHARD·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 15, 2013·411 cites·18 claims
- 0597US7808503B2Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced featuresAPPLE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 5, 2010·77 cites·35 claims
- 0697US7167181B2Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced featuresAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 23, 2007·121 cites·10 claims
- 0797US6525737B1Graphics processor with pipeline state storage and retrievalAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 25, 2003·170 cites·22 claims
- 0897US6268875B1Deferred shading graphics pipeline processorAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 31, 2001·119 cites·31 claims
- 0997US6229553B1Deferred shading graphics pipeline processorAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted May 8, 2001·203 cites·2 claims
- 1097US6195676B1Method and apparatus for user side scheduling in a multiprocessor operating system program that implements distributive scheduling of processesSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 27, 2001·554 cites·6 claims
- 1197US5179702ASystem and method for controlling a highly parallel multiprocessor using an anarchy based scheduler for parallel execution thread schedulingSUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 12, 1993·637 cites·12 claims
- 1296US6693639B2Graphics processor with pipeline state storage and retrievalAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 17, 2004·76 cites·25 claims
- 1396US6614444B1Apparatus and method for fragment operations in a 3D-graphics pipelineAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 2, 2003·211 cites·32 claims
- 1496US6476807B1Method and apparatus for performing conservative hidden surface removal in a graphics processor with deferred shadingAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 5, 2002·127 cites·31 claims
- 1595US6552723B1System, apparatus and method for spatially sorting image data in a three-dimensional graphics pipelineAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 22, 2003·110 cites·32 claims
- 1693US6771264B1Method and apparatus for performing tangent space lighting and bump mapping in a deferred shading graphics processorAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 3, 2004·111 cites·35 claims
- 1793US6664959B2Method and apparatus for culling in a graphics processor with deferred shadingAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 16, 2003·45 cites·27 claims
- 1892US6577317B1Apparatus and method for geometry operations in a 3D-graphics pipelineAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 10, 2003·154 cites·11 claims
- 1989US6577305B1Apparatus and method for performing setup operations in a 3-D graphics pipeline using unified primitive descriptorsAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 10, 2003·64 cites·42 claims
- 2086US7543119B2Vector processorHESSEL RICHARD EDWARD·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 2, 2009·18 cites·15 claims
- 2185US7164426B1Method and apparatus for generating textureAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 16, 2007·22 cites·4 claims
- 2281US5208914AMethod and apparatus for non-sequential resource accessSUPERCONDUCTOR SYSTEMS LIMITED·Filed 1990·Granted May 4, 1993·107 cites·19 claims
- 2379US5381536AMethod and apparatus for separate mark and wait instructions for processors having multiple memory portsCRAY RESEARCH INC·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 10, 1995·80 cites·8 claims
- 2465US5499356AMethod and apparatus for a multiprocessor resource lockout instructionCRAY RESEARCH INC·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 12, 1996·42 cites·7 claims
- 2553US2013185496A1Vector Processing SystemHESSEL CONNIE·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 2652US5165038AGlobal registers for a multiprocessor systemSUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 17, 1992·26 cites·12 claims
- 2746US5524255AMethod and apparatus for accessing global registers in a multiprocessor systemCRAY RESEARCH INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 4, 1996·20 cites·7 claims
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