Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Derrick R. Meyer

45Patents
23h-index
44Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 29, 1990 → Feb 13, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5155843A Error transition mode for multi-processor system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 118 Expired
US7174467B1 Message based power management in a multi-processor system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US6490661B1 Maintaining cache coherency during a memory read operation in a multiprocessing computer system Physics 82 Expired
US7051218B1 Message based power management Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US6266744A Store to load forwarding using a dependency link file Physics 58 Expired
US6275905A Messaging scheme to maintain cache coherency and conserve system memory bandwidth during a memory read operation in a multiprocessing computer system Physics 54 Expired
US6098166A Speculative issue of instructions under a load miss shadow Physics 52 Expired
US6473837B1 Snoop resynchronization mechanism to preserve read ordering Physics 51 Expired
US6141734A Method and apparatus for optimizing the performance of LDxL and STxC interlock instructions in the context of a write invalidate protocol Physics 39 Expired
US6665742B2 SYSTEM FOR RECONFIGURING A FIRST DEVICE AND/OR A SECOND DEVICE TO USE A MAXIMUM COMPATIBLE COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS BASED ON TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION TO THE FIRST AND SECOND DEVICES OF A POINT-TO-POINT LINK Electricity 34 Expired
US6760838B2 System and method of initializing and determining a bootstrap processor [BSP] in a fabric of a distributed multiprocessor computing system Physics 31 Expired
US6557048B1 Computer system implementing a system and method for ordering input/output (IO) memory operations within a coherent portion thereof Physics 31 Expired
US6393502B1 System and method for initiating a serial data transfer between two clock domains Physics 30 Expired
US6745272B2 System and method of increasing bandwidth for issuing ordered transactions into a distributed communication system Electricity 30 Expired
US6938094B1 Virtual channels and corresponding buffer allocations for deadlock-free computer system operation Physics 27 Expired
US6668292B2 System and method for initiating a serial data transfer between two clock domains Physics 27 Expired
US7093105B2 Method and apparatus for determining availability of a queue to which a program step is issued out of program order Physics 27 Expired
US7146510B1 Use of a signal line to adjust width and/or frequency of a communication link during system operation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6360314B1 Data cache having store queue bypass for out-of-order instruction execution and method for same Physics 25 Expired
US6018798A Floating point unit using a central window for storing instructions capable of executing multiple instructions in a single clock cycle Physics 25 Expired
US6529999B1 Computer system implementing system and method for ordering write operations and maintaining memory coherency Physics 24 Expired
US6424688B1 Method to transfer data in a system with multiple clock domains using clock skipping techniques Physics 23 Expired
US6405305B1 Rapid execution of floating point load control word instructions Physics 23 Expired
US5924120A Method and apparatus for maximizing utilization of an internal processor bus in the context of external transactions running at speeds fractionally greater than internal transaction times Physics 21 Expired
US7640315B1 Implementing locks in a distributed processing system Physics 20 Expired

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