Inventor · Madison, WI, US

Mark D. Hill

53Patents
16h-index
50Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 1, 1996 → Oct 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5893150A Efficient allocation of cache memory space in a computer system Physics 77 Expired
US5862357A Hierarchical SMP computer system Physics 74 Expired
US6496854B1 Hybrid memory access protocol in a distributed shared memory computer system Physics 72 Expired
US5754877A Extended symmetrical multiprocessor architecture Physics 41 Expired
US8239633B2 Non-broadcast signature-based transactional memory Physics 41 Active
US5734922A Multiprocessing system configured to detect and efficiently provide for migratory data access patterns Physics 40 Expired
US5835906A Methods and apparatus for sharing stored data objects in a computer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US5923847A Split-SMP computer system configured to operate in a protected mode having repeater which inhibits transaction to local address partiton Physics 32 Expired
US5829034A Method and apparatus for a coherence transformer with limited memory for connecting computer system coherence domains Physics 30 Expired
US6226671A Shared memory system for symmetric multiprocessor systems Physics 26 Expired
US5864671A Hybrid memory access protocol for servicing memory access request by ascertaining whether the memory block is currently cached in determining which protocols to be used Physics 25 Expired
US6826660B2 Hierarchical SMP computer system Physics 22 Expired
US5940860A Methods and apparatus for substantially memory-less coherence transformer for connecting computer node coherence domains Physics 19 Expired
US6578071B2 Repeater for use in a shared memory computing system Physics 19 Expired
US6981097B2 Token based cache-coherence protocol Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US5860109A Methods and apparatus for a coherence transformer for connecting computer system coherence domains Physics 17 Expired
US6883070B2 Bandwidth-adaptive, hybrid, cache-coherence protocol Physics 16 Expired
US5873117A Method and apparatus for a directory-less memory access protocol in a distributed shared memory computer system Physics 14 Expired
US5802563A Efficient storage of data in computer system with multiple cache levels Physics 14 Expired
US5951657A Cacheable interface control registers for high speed data transfer Physics 9 Expired
US10353736B2 Associating working sets and threads Physics 8 Active
US9753858B2 DRAM cache with tags and data jointly stored in physical rows Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7243208B2 Data processor and IP module for data processor Physics 7 Expired
US6654866B2 Skewed finite hashing function Physics 7 Expired
US6308246A Skewed finite hashing function Physics 6 Expired

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