Brian D. Emberling
51Patents
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50Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 1, 1998 → Jan 16, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.