Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Bryon S. Nordquist

29Patents
13h-index
28Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 14, 2002 → Sep 26, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6980209B1 Method and system for scalable, dataflow-based, programmable processing of graphics data Physics 102 Expired
US7447873B1 Multithreaded SIMD parallel processor with loading of groups of threads Physics 83 Expired
US7492368B1 Apparatus, system, and method for coalescing parallel memory requests Physics 68 Expired
US7584342B1 Parallel data processing systems and methods using cooperative thread arrays and SIMD instruction issue Physics 68 Expired
US8074224B1 Managing state information for a multi-threaded processor Physics 63 Active
US7594095B1 Multithreaded SIMD parallel processor with launching of groups of threads Physics 50 Expired
US8087029B1 Thread-type-based load balancing in a multithreaded processor Physics 44 Active
US8108872B1 Thread-type-based resource allocation in a multithreaded processor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US8429656B1 Thread count throttling for efficient resource utilization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US7477260B1 On-the-fly reordering of multi-cycle data transfers Physics 23 Active
US7728841B1 Coherent shader output for multiple targets Physics 16 Active
US8081184B1 Pixel shader program thread assembly Physics 16 Active
US7533237B1 Off-chip memory allocation for a unified shader Physics 15 Active
US7739473B1 Off-chip memory allocation for a unified shader Physics 13 Active
US7865894B1 Distributing processing tasks within a processor Physics 11 Active
US8095829B1 Soldier-on mode to control processor error handling behavior Physics 11 Active
US9348762B2 Technique for accessing content-addressable memory Physics 9 Active
US7404056B1 Virtual copying scheme for creating multiple versions of state information Physics 8 Active
US7533236B1 Off-chip out of order memory allocation for a unified shader Physics 8 Active
US7404059B1 Parallel copying scheme for creating multiple versions of state information Physics 7 Active
US8407443B1 Off-chip out of order memory allocation for a unified shader Physics 5 Active
US7593971B1 Configurable state table for managing multiple versions of state information Physics 4 Active
US7948495B1 Linking texture headers and texture samplers Physics 4 Active
US7489315B1 Pixel stream assembly for raster operations Physics 3 Active
US7522171B1 On-the-fly reordering of 32-bit per component texture images in a multi-cycle data transfer Physics 3 Active

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