Inventor · Chandler, AZ, US

David E. Miner

42Patents
10h-index
19Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 13, 1999 → Jan 26, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8990505B1 Cache memory bank selection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US6387161B1 Nitrous oxide purification system and process Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US8943273B1 Method and apparatus for improving cache efficiency Physics 19 Active
US9058272B1 Method and apparatus having a snoop filter decoupled from an associated cache and a buffer for replacement line addresses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US7406553B2 System and apparatus for early fixed latency subtractive decoding Physics 17 Active
US8065576B2 Test access port Physics 12 Active
US8458404B1 Programmable cache access protocol to optimize power consumption and performance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8135916B1 Method and apparatus for hardware-configurable multi-policy coherence protocol Physics 11 Active
US7159077B2 Direct processor cache access within a system having a coherent multi-processor protocol Physics 10 Expired
US6370911B1 Nitrous oxide purification system and process Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6775748B2 Methods and apparatus for transferring cache block ownership Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7100001B2 Methods and apparatus for cache intervention Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7139947B2 Test access port Physics 9 Expired
US8631206B1 Way-selecting translation lookaside buffer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7404043B2 Cache memory to support a processor's power mode of operation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8533401B2 Implementing direct access caches in coherent multiprocessors Physics 7 Expired
US6505482B2 Nitrous oxide purification system and process Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US8296525B1 Method and apparatus for data-less bus query Physics 5 Active
US6983348B2 Methods and apparatus for cache intervention Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7634603B2 System and apparatus for early fixed latency subtractive decoding Physics 4 Active
US7143220B2 Apparatus and method for granting concurrent ownership to support heterogeneous agents in on-chip busses having different grant-to-valid latencies Physics 4 Expired
US7428607B2 Apparatus and method for arbitrating heterogeneous agents in on-chip busses Physics 4 Active
US7627797B2 Test access port Physics 4 Active
US7464227B2 Method and apparatus for supporting opportunistic sharing in coherent multiprocessors Physics 3 Expired
US7290093B2 Cache memory to support a processor's power mode of operation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.