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VIA-Cyrix, Inc.

31Patents
1Active
31Granted
33Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 19, 1993 → Aug 13, 2003 · 1 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6351789B1 Built-in self-test circuit and method for validating an associative data array Physics 90 Expired
US6138230A Processor with multiple execution pipelines using pipe stage state information to control independent movement of instructions between pipe stages of an execution pipeline Physics 65 Expired
US6219773A System and method of retiring misaligned write operands from a write buffer Physics 62 Expired
US6205560A Debug system allowing programmable selection of alternate debug mechanisms such as debug handler, SMI, or JTAG Physics 44 Expired
US6073231A Pipelined processor with microcontrol of register translation hardware Physics 41 Expired
US6351797B1 Translation look-aside buffer for storing region configuration bits and method of operation Physics 33 Expired
US5996071A Detecting self-modifying code in a pipelined processor with branch processing by comparing latched store address to subsequent target address Physics 29 Expired
US6239627A Clock multiplier using nonoverlapping clock pulses for waveform generation Electricity 29 Expired
US6005425A PLL using pulse width detection for frequency and phase error correction Electricity 22 Expired
US6065091A Translation look-aside buffer slice circuit and method of operation Physics 20 Expired
US6115730A Reloadable floating point unit Physics 14 Expired
US6301647A Real mode translation look-aside buffer and method of operation Physics 11 Expired
US6032241A Fast RAM for use in an address translation circuit and method of operation Physics 11 Expired
US6381622B1 System and method of expediting bit scan instructions Physics 10 Expired
US7143243B2 Tag array access reduction in a cache memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7013383B2 Apparatus and method for managing a processor pipeline in response to exceptions Physics 9 Expired
US7177981B2 Method and system for cache power reduction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6412063B1 Multiple-operand instruction in a two operand pipeline and processor employing the same Physics 7 Expired
US6009533A Speculative bus cycle acknowledge for 1/2X core/bus clocking Physics 7 Expired
US6442635B1 Processor architecture for virtualizing selective external bus transactions Physics 7 Expired
US7024544B2 Apparatus and method for accessing registers in a processor Physics 6 Expired
US6209083A Processor having selectable exception handling modes Physics 6 Expired
US6844767B2 Hierarchical clock gating circuit and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6983359B2 Processor and method for pre-fetching out-of-order instructions Physics 5 Expired
USRE39385E1 Method and apparatus for performing mathematical functions using polynomial approximation and a rectangular aspect ratio multiplier General 5 Expired

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