Inventor · Newark, CA, US

William Lam

29Patents
9h-index
36Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 26, 1999 → Aug 16, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7080365B2 Method and apparatus for simulation system compiler Physics 64 Expired
US7036114B2 Method and apparatus for cycle-based computation Physics 41 Expired
US9003109B1 System and method for distributed computing in non-volatile memory Physics 23 Active
US9239691B2 System and method for distributed computing in non-volatile memory Physics 18 Active
US7076416B2 Method and apparatus for evaluating logic states of design nodes for cycle-based simulation Physics 16 Expired
US6389576B1 Method and apparatus for optimizing real functions in Boolean domain Physics 14 Expired
US7447621B1 PLI-less co-simulation of ISS-based verification systems in hardware simulators Physics 11 Active
US7051303B1 Method and apparatus for detection and isolation during large scale circuit verification Physics 9 Expired
US8489929B2 Facilitating large-scale testing using virtualization technology in a multi-tenant database environment Physics 9 Active
US6988266B2 Method of transforming variable loops into constant loops Physics 8 Expired
US9594524B2 System and method for distributed computing in non-volatile memory Physics 7 Active
US9367391B2 Error correction operations in a memory device Physics 6 Active
US6715134B2 Method and apparatus to facilitate generating simulation modules for testing system designs Physics 6 Expired
US6389376B1 Method and apparatus for generating n-segment steiner trees Physics 5 Expired
US7236917B1 Method and apparatus for generating minimal node data and dynamic assertions for a simulation Physics 5 Expired
US6775810B2 Boosting simulation performance by dynamically customizing segmented object codes based on stimulus coverage Physics 4 Expired
US8762787B2 Facilitating large-scale testing using virtualization technology in a multi-tenant database environment Physics 4 Active
US7424418B1 Method for simulation with optimized kernels and debugging with unoptimized kernels Physics 4 Expired
US7017150B2 Method and apparatus for automatically isolating minimal distinguishing stimuli in design verification and software development Physics 4 Expired
US6678868B2 Using Boolean expressions to represent shapes within a layout of an integrated circuit Physics 2 Expired
US7454726B2 Technique for generating input stimulus to cover properties not covered in random simulation Physics 2 Active
US9354824B2 System and method for distributed computing in non-volatile memory Physics 2 Active
US7475369B1 Eliminate false passing of circuit verification through automatic detecting of over-constraining in formal verification Physics 2 Expired
US12190122B2 Remote provisioning of hosts in public clouds Physics 0 Active
US9134925B1 System and method for distributed computing in non-volatile memory Physics 0 Active

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