Inventor · Beaverton, OR, US

Robert Greiner

74Patents
13h-index
86Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 22, 1991 → Apr 12, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5430850A Data processing system with synchronization coprocessor for multiple threads Physics 151 Expired
US5560029A Data processing system with synchronization coprocessor for multiple threads Physics 127 Expired
US6601121B2 Quad pumped bus architecture and protocol Physics 63 Expired
US6732242B2 External bus transaction scheduling system Physics 49 Expired
US6708269B1 Method and apparatus for multi-mode fencing in a microprocessor system Physics 37 Expired
US7949887B2 Independent power control of processing cores Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US6216208A Prefetch queue responsive to read request sequences Physics 25 Expired
US7013406B2 Method and apparatus to dynamically change an operating frequency and operating voltage of an electronic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6809606B2 Voltage ID based frequency control for clock generating circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7414383B2 Multi-phase voltage regulator with phases ordered by lowest phase current Electricity 18 Active
US6609171B1 Quad pumped bus architecture and protocol Physics 16 Expired
US6434650B1 Apparatus and method for multiplexing bi-directional data onto a low pin count bus between a host CPU and co-processor Physics 13 Expired
US7444524B2 Dynamic voltage transitions Physics 13 Expired
US7642764B2 Voltage regulator with loadline based mostly on dynamic current Physics 11 Active
US7996572B2 Multi-node chipset lock flow with peer-to-peer non-posted I/O requests Physics 11 Active
US6907487B2 Enhanced highly pipelined bus architecture Physics 11 Expired
US6662173B1 Access control of a resource shared between components Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7890781B2 Dynamic voltage transitions Physics 10 Active
US7685441B2 Power control unit with digitally supplied system parameters Physics 10 Active
US7761723B2 Processor temperature control interface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7237128B2 Method and apparatus to dynamically change an operating frequency and operating voltage of an electronic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US8069358B2 Independent power control of processing cores Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US6463494B1 Method and system for implementing control signals on a low pin count bus Physics 9 Expired
US8935546B2 Dynamic voltage transitions Physics 9 Active
US6804735B2 Response and data phases in a highly pipelined bus architecture Physics 9 Expired

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