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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6428124 | Health care kiosk with handicapped accessible seat A health care test kiosk includes a carrel body that supports a console housing and has a vacant knee-space beneath the console housing. The carrel body includes a support side panel forming a lateral side and extending beyond the console housing and the ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6351808 | Vertically and horizontally threaded processor with multidimensional storage for storing thread data A processor includes a "four-dimensional" register structure in which register file structures are replicated by N for vertical threading in combination with a three-dimensional storage circuit. The multi-dimensional storage is formed by constructing a st... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6351760 | Division unit in a processor using a piece-wise quadratic approximation technique A computation unit computes a division operation Y/X by determining the value of a divisor reciprocal 1/X and multiplying the reciprocal by a numerator Y. The reciprocal 1/X value is determined using a quadratic approximation having a form: Ax2... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6343348 | Apparatus and method for optimizing die utilization and speed performance by register file splitting A multi-ported register file is typically metal limited to the area consumed by the circuit proportional with the square of the number of ports. A processor having a register file structure divided into a plurality of separate and independent register fil... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6341347 | Thread switch logic in a multiple-thread processor A processor includes a thread switching control logic that performs a fast thread-switching operation in response to an L1 cache miss stall. The fast thread-switching operation implements one or more of several thread-switching methods. A first thread-swi... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6341300 | Parallel fixed point square root and reciprocal square root computation unit in a processor A parallel fixed-point square root and reciprocal square root computation uses the same coefficient tables as the floating point square root and reciprocal square root computation by converting the fixed-point numbers into a floating-point structure with ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6289021 | Scaleable low-latency switch for usage in an interconnect structure A scalable low-latency switch extends the functionality of a multiple level minimum logic interconnect structure for usage in computers of all types, networks and communication systems. The multiple level minimum logic interconnect structure employs a dat... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6286066 | Hot-plug interface for detecting adapter card insertion and removal Adapter cards generally have a metal bracket at one end. The adapter card attaches to an adapter card slot of a computer system by fastening the bracket to a connector on the computer system. Conventionally, the bracket is fastened to the connector using ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6279109 | Computing system and operating method for booting and running a graphical user interface (GUI) with r/w hard drive partition unavailable A computing system and operating method are executable on a target processor and bootstrap loads and run an application program or interface from an alternative medium, for example a CD-ROM medium or via a network link, when an operating system associated... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6272141 | Multiple level minimum logic network A network or interconnect structure utilizes a data flow technique that is based on timing and positioning of messages communicating through the interconnect structure. Switching control is distributed throughout multiple nodes in the structure so that a ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6266726 | Process control system using standard protocol control-of standard devices and non-standard devices A process controller implements and executes a standard set of function blocks or control functions defined by a standard protocol so that standard-type control is achieved with respect to non-standard-type devices. The process controller enables standard... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6263255 | Advanced process control for semiconductor manufacturing An Advanced Process Control (APC) Framework performs automatic process control operations through the design and development of a software framework that integrates factory, process, and equipment control systems. The APC Framework benefits semiconductor-... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6259142 | Multiple split gate semiconductor device and fabrication method A semiconductor integrated circuit having a multiple split gate is forming using a first polysilicon layer and a second polysilicon layer to form alternating first and second gate electrodes within an active area. The alternating gate electrodes are elect... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6205543 | Efficient handling of a large register file for context switching A processor including a large register file utilizes a dirty bit storage coupled to the register file and a dirty bit logic that controls resetting of the dirty bit storage. The dirty bit logic determines whether a register or group of registers in the re... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6192471 | Operating system independent system for running utility programs in a defined environment A system which builds an operating system-independent environment for executing utility programs is created by establishing a virtual drive that resides on a physical disk drive within the native file system of a native operating system. A virtual drive i... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6173036 | Depth profile metrology using grazing incidence X-ray fluorescence For small angles that are near critical angle, a primary incident X-ray beam has excellent depth resolution. A series of X-ray fluorescence measurements are performed at varying small angles and analyzed for depth profiling of elements within a substrate.... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6166879 | Thin film magnetic head with contoured surface A method of fabricating thin film magnetic heads on a thin film substrate uses a chemical-mechanical contouring (CMC) step after completion of the fundamental thin film head structure to form a curved surface on the substrate for the individual thin film ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6127880 | Active power supply filter An active power supply filter effectively eliminates power supply noise using a resistive element and a capacitive element coupled at a node, and a switch with a control terminal controlled by the node. The active power supply filter is suitable for high ... | 10/03/2000 |
