Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Brian D. Emberling

51Patents
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50Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 1, 1998 → Jan 16, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7089369B2 Method for optimizing utilization of a double-data-rate-SDRAM memory system Physics 101 Expired
US6906720B2 Multipurpose memory system for use in a graphics system Physics 73 Expired
US6246422A Efficient method for storing texture maps in multi-bank memory Physics 38 Expired
US7737994B1 Large-kernel convolution using multiple industry-standard graphics accelerators Physics 29 Expired
US7151544B2 Method for improving texture cache access by removing redundant requests Physics 28 Expired
US6781406B2 Using observability logic for real-time debugging of ASICs Physics 14 Expired
US6741256B2 Predictive optimizer for DRAM memory Physics 13 Expired
US6943797B2 Early primitive assembly and screen-space culling for multiple chip graphics system Electricity 11 Expired
US8832712B2 System and method for synchronizing threads using shared memory having different buffer portions for local and remote cores in a multi-processor system Physics 11 Active
US6933945B2 Design for a non-blocking cache for texture mapping Physics 9 Expired
US6819324B2 Memory interleaving technique for texture mapping in a graphics system Physics 9 Expired
US7089509B2 Controlling the propagation of a control signal by means of variable I/O delay compensation using a programmable delay circuit and detection sequence Physics 9 Expired
US6914610B2 Graphics primitive size estimation and subdivision for use with a texture accumulation buffer Physics 9 Expired
US8607247B2 Method and system for workitem synchronization Physics 9 Active
US6833831B2 Synchronizing data streams in a graphics processor Physics 8 Expired
US7184508B2 Capturing data and crossing clock domains in the absence of a free-running source clock Electricity 8 Expired
US8413120B2 Method and system for thread monitoring Physics 7 Active
US6957399B2 Controlling the propagation of a digital signal by means of variable I/O delay compensation using delay-tracking Physics 7 Expired
US9311102B2 Dynamic control of SIMDs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US6864892B2 Graphics data synchronization with multiple data paths in a graphics accelerator Physics 6 Expired
US7145570B2 Magnified texture-mapped pixel performance in a single-pixel pipeline Physics 6 Expired
US6859209B2 Graphics data accumulation for improved multi-layer texture performance Physics 4 Expired
US6778188B2 Reconfigurable hardware filter for texture mapping and image processing Physics 4 Expired
US7023444B2 Multi-texturing by walking an appropriately-sized supertile over a primitive Physics 3 Expired
US9311205B2 Method and system for thread monitoring Physics 2 Active

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