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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6606097 | Circuit for generating frame buffer values A floating point to fixed point converter suitable for determining values for an n-bit frame buffer of a graphics adapter is disclosed. The converter includes a floating point unit that receives a floating point input value and calculates a floating point... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6581129 | Intelligent PCI/PCI-X host bridge A PCI host bridge and an associated method of use are disclosed. The PCI host bridge includes a host bus interface, an I/O bus interface, and a PCI operation detection circuit. The host bus interface is suitable for communicating with a host bus of a data... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6578180 | Method and system for testing interconnected integrated circuits A system, device, and method for dynamically testing integrated circuits is disclosed. The system includes a first integrated circuit including input pins, output pins, normal operating logic, and control logic. The control logic is connectable to the inp... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6553514 | Digital circuit verification A method of verifying a digital circuit in which state transition information is extracted from the output of a non-formal first verification technique. A formal verification tool is then applied to the extracted state transition information to extend the... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6529201 | Method and apparatus for storing and accessing texture maps A texture image that comprises a set of texels wherein each texel is assigned a (u,v) coordinate pair of a texture coordinate space. Each texel is then stored in memory at a memory address determined by applying a transformation function to the texel's (u... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6473856 | Gold code backup for corrupt boot code recovery A computer system including a central processing unit and a system memory accessible to the central processing unit via a host bus. A primary non-volatile storage element and a backup non-volatile storage element are incorporated into the system's motherb... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6463559 | Non-volatile fault indicator A device such as a tape drive or disk drive unit and a computer system that incorporates the device in which he device preferably includes a controller or processor and a non-volatile storage element configured with microcode suitable for execution by the... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6452601 | Pixel component packing, unpacking, and modification A computer system and an associated graphics adapter that includes one or more processors connected to a host bus. A system memory is accessible from the host bus via a memory controller and an I/O bridge is coupled between the host bus and an I/O bus. Th... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6446238 | System and method for updating microcode stored in a non-volatile memory A method of verifying the integrity of a file transferred as a plurality of sectors. During a first pass transfer of a sectored file, first pass sector CRC codes are generated for each sector and stored in system memory. During a second pass transfer, sec... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6334165 | Address type determination for an I2C EEPROM A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for determining the address type of a serial EEPROM in an electronic system. The method includes reading data from at least one location of the EEPROM for a first time and saving the data for fu... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6297678 | Circuit for rapidly charging a system net An electronic system, precharge circuit, and method for precharging system net. The system includes a plurality of devices. Each of the devices includes at least one I/O pin driven by an driver circuit. The system further includes a system net connected t... | 10/02/2001 |
