Inventor · Salinas, CA, US

Larry Widigen

20Patents
12h-index
6Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 25, 1993 → Nov 16, 2001

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5454117A Configurable branch prediction for a processor performing speculative execution Physics 145 Expired
US5623614A Branch prediction cache with multiple entries for returns having multiple callers Physics 58 Expired
US5418736A Optimized binary adders and comparators for inputs having different widths Physics 28 Expired
US5802339A Pipeline throughput via parallel out-of-order execution of adds and moves in a supplemental integer execution unit Physics 27 Expired
US5923579A Optimized binary adder and comparator having an implicit constant for an input Physics 25 Expired
US5394351A Optimized binary adder and comparator having an implicit constant for an input Physics 23 Expired
US6671798B1 Configurable branch prediction for a processor performing speculative execution Physics 21 Expired
US6282639A Configurable branch prediction for a processor performing speculative execution Physics 18 Expired
US5919256A Operand cache addressed by the instruction address for reducing latency of read instruction Physics 17 Expired
US6041396A Segment descriptor cache addressed by part of the physical address of the desired descriptor Physics 16 Expired
US5590351A Superscalar execution unit for sequential instruction pointer updates and segment limit checks Physics 16 Expired
US5583806A Optimized binary adder for concurrently generating effective and intermediate addresses Physics 16 Expired
US5815699A Configurable branch prediction for a processor performing speculative execution Physics 12 Expired
US6108777A Configurable branch prediction for a processor performing speculative execution Physics 11 Expired
US5517440A Optimized binary adders and comparators for inputs having different widths Physics 10 Expired
US5675758A Processor having primary integer execution unit and supplemental integer execution unit for performing out-of-order add and move operations Physics 8 Expired
US5822786A Apparatus and method for determining if an operand lies within an expand up or expand down segment Physics 6 Expired
US5699279A Optimized binary adders and comparators for inputs having different widths Physics 4 Expired
US6360318B1 Configurable branch prediction for a processor performing speculative execution Physics 1 Expired
US6195745A Pipeline throughput via parallel out-of-order execution of adds and moves in a supplemental integer execution unit Physics 0 Expired

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