Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Roger D. Arnold

16Patents
10h-index
16Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 5, 1985 → Apr 10, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6128641A Data processing unit with hardware assisted context switching capability Physics 49 Expired
US4583725A Patient support frame for posterior lumbar laminectomy Human Necessities 45 Expired
US6292845A Processing unit having independent execution units for parallel execution of instructions of different category with instructions having specific bits indicating instruction size and category respectively Physics 18 Expired
US6434689B1 Data processing unit with interface for sharing registers by a processor and a coprocessor Physics 18 Expired
US6175913A Data processing unit with debug capabilities using a memory protection unit Physics 17 Expired
US7263599B2 Thread ID in a multithreaded processor Physics 17 Expired
US7047396B1 Fixed length memory to memory arithmetic and architecture for a communications embedded processor system Physics 16 Expired
US6378065B1 Apparatus with context switching capability Physics 13 Expired
US7062606B2 Multi-threaded embedded processor using deterministic instruction memory to guarantee execution of pre-selected threads during blocking events Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7546442B1 Fixed length memory to memory arithmetic and architecture for direct memory access using fixed length instructions Physics 10 Expired
US6041387A Apparatus for read/write-access to registers having register file architecture in a central processing unit Physics 9 Expired
US6859873B2 Variable length instruction pipeline Physics 9 Expired
US7159103B2 Zero-overhead loop operation in microprocessor having instruction buffer Physics 8 Expired
US7360203B2 Program tracing in a multithreaded processor Physics 4 Expired
US7260707B2 Variable length instruction pipeline Physics 4 Expired
US7774585B2 Interrupt and trap handling in an embedded multi-thread processor to avoid priority inversion and maintain real-time operation Physics 1 Expired

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