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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941651 | Method and apparatus for combining micro-operations to process immediate data A method and apparatus for combining micro-operations to process immediate data. The immediate data may be wider than the immediate data storage capacity of a micro-operation. A first micro-operation is issued to process a first portion of the immediate data, which ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941631 | Providing metadata in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) In one embodiment, the present invention includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) to store entries each having a translation portion to store a virtual address (VA)-to-physical address (PA) translation and a second portion to store bits for a memory page associ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940590 | Electronic device comprising non volatile memory cells and corresponding programming method A device with non volatile memory cells, with optimized programming, of the type comprising a sector of matrix memory cells organized in rows and columns, with the columns organized in a plurality of global bit-lines associated with at least one plurality of local b... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940537 | Partial regeneration in a multi-level power inverter In one embodiment, the present invention includes a medium voltage drive system having multiple power cells each to couple between a transformer and a load. A first subset of the power cells are configured to provide power to the load and to perform partial regenera... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939922 | Forming compliant contact pads for semiconductor packages In one embodiment, the present invention includes a semiconductor package having a substrate with a first surface to support a semiconductor die. A second surface of the substrate includes compliant conductive pads to provide electrical connections to the semiconduc... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937709 | Synchronizing multiple threads efficiently In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of assigning a location within a shared variable for each of multiple threads and writing a value to a corresponding location to indicate that the corresponding thread has reached a barrier. In such manner, ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937525 | Method and apparatus for decoding a virtual machine control structure identification Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for decoding a virtual machine control structure identification are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a virtual machine control structure to decode a virtual machine control structure identification ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936593 | Reducing drift in chalcogenide devices Chalcogenide materials conventionally used in chalcogenide memory devices and ovonic threshold switches may exhibit a tendency called drift, wherein threshold voltage or resistance changes with time. By providing a compensating material which exhibits an opposing te... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936584 | Reading phase change memories A read current high enough to threshold a phase change memory element may be used to read the element without thresholding the memory element. The higher current may improve performance in some cases. The memory element does not threshold because the element is read... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936364 | Maintaining balance in a display In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of measuring a duration difference between a video frame and a corresponding modulation frame; and determining whether to change a duration of a future modulation frame based on the duration difference. The ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936359 | Reconfigurable floating point filter A reconfigurable floating point data filter may be implemented by configuring a texture filter in response to state data, where the state data specifying at least a data width of input texture data to be filtered, where the input texture data is in a floating point ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935627 | Forming low dielectric constant dielectric materials In some embodiments, a damascene structure may be formed with metal lines separated by a dielectric layer. Portions of the dielectric layer may be ion implanted with carbon and/or inert species to lower selectively the dielectric constant, while leaving the bulk of ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933279 | Voice over packet network arrangement and method A communications network arrangement provides voice over IP or voice over ATM services. The network arrangement comprises a first media gateway controller controlling a first gateway and provided with a first operating protocol, a second media gateway controller con... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929971 | Method for monitoring radio equipment for communication between a mobile terminal and a cellular infrastructure with spectrum dispersion and arrangement for performing said method Parameters for the propagation channels between each mobile terminal (14, 14A, 14B) and several fixed transceivers (13) are measured and a report message transmitted to a radio network controller (12), indicating at least one part of the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929632 | Apparatus and associated methods to implement a high throughput wireless communication system An apparatus and associated methods to implement a high throughput wireless communication system are generally presented. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928993 | Real-time multi-resolution 3D collision detection using cube-maps Apparatus, systems and methods for real-time, multi-resolution 3D collision detection using cube maps are disclosed. For example, a method is disclosed including receiving a first polygon, receiving a second polygon and then using a texture map stored in memory to d... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928955 | Automatic brightness control for displays An automatic brightness adjustment for devices with displays includes the capability to assess ambient light. The assessment may be made using circuitry, such as a light meter circuit, by exploiting exposure control circuitry, or using other approaches. The ambient ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928426 | Forming a non-planar transistor having a quantum well channel In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having a substrate, a buried oxide layer formed on the substrate, a silicon on insulator (SOI) core formed on the buried oxide layer, a compressive strained quantum well (QW) layer wrapped around the SOI... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927925 | Electronic packages with fine particle wetting and non-wetting zones Spreading or keep out zones may be formed in integrated circuit packages by altering the roughness of package surfaces. The surface roughness can be altered by applying or growing particles having a dimension less than 500 nanometers. Hydrophilic surfaces may be mad... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925957 | Validating data using processor instructions In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining from a data block in a buffer a number of first operands in a first portion of the buffer and a number of second operands in a second portion of the buffer. Based on these numbers, a cyclic r... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925834 | Tracking temporal use associated with cache evictions A method and apparatus for tracking temporal use associated with cache evictions to reduce allocations in a victim cache is disclosed. Access data for a number of sets of instructions in an instruction cache is tracked at least until the data for one or more of the ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924914 | Dynamically configuring a video decoder cache for motion compensation A video decoder cache used for motion compensation data may be dynamically reconfigured. In some embodiments, it may be reconfigured on picture or frame boundaries and in other embodiments it can be reconfigured on sequence boundaries. The cache may be flushed on ea... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923724 | Phase change memory that switches between crystalline phases A phase change memory may transition between two crystalline states. In one embodiment, the phase change material is a chalcogenide which transitions between face centered cubic and hexagonal states. Because these states are more stable, they are less prone to drift... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921916 | Communicating measurement data from a well To communicate measurement data from a well, data corresponding to measurement data collected by multiple sensors in a well is transformed downhole and passed to an intermediate communications device, which device in turn passes a subset of that data to a destinatio... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921280 | Selectively powered retirement unit using a partitioned allocation array and a partitioned writeback array In one embodiment, the present invention includes a retirement unit to receive and retire executed instructions. The retirement unit may include a first array to receive information at allocation and a second array to receive information after execution. The retirem... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921276 | Applying quality of service (QoS) to a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) In one embodiment, the present invention includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) having storage locations each including a priority indicator field to store a priority level associated with an agent that requested storage of the data in the TLB, and an identif... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921253 | Cache coherent switch device In one embodiment, the present invention includes a switch device to be coupled between a first semiconductor component and a processor node by interconnects of a communication protocol that provides for cache coherent transactions and non-cache coherent transaction... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921251 | Globally unique transaction identifiers In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes identifying a transaction from a first processor to a second processor of a system with a transaction identifier. The transaction identifier may have a value that is less than or equal to a maximum number... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920649 | Recovering precoded data using a Mueller-Müller recovery mechanism In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to receive a digitized signal. The DSP may be controlled to perform a timing recovery mechanism that implements a Mueller and Müller (MM)-based algorithm ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920554 | Supporting both packet and circuit-based wireless networks Middleware may accommodate both packet data and circuit data services in the same cellular telephone. A cellular telephone may travel between networks that are packet and circuit data service based. A protocol middleware may determine whether packet data services ar... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917828 | Providing error correction coding for probed data In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving an error correction code for information from a first port of a first agent and receiving the information from a second port of the first agent by probing a first link under test that couples t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917724 | Protection of user-level applications based on page table information In one embodiment, the present invention includes a virtual machine monitor (VMM) to access a protection indicator of a page table entry (PTE) of a page of a set of memory buffers and determine a state of the protection indicator, and if the protection indicator ind... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916575 | Configurable latching for asynchronous memories A memory, such as a flash memory, may receive a configuration bit from a memory controller to set the memory in one of two selectable modes. Thus, based on the way the memory controller operates, it can adapt the operation of the memory to suit the memory controller... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916514 | Shunted phase change memory By using a resistive film as a shunt, the snapback exhibited when transitioning from the reset state or amorphous phase of a phase change material, may be reduced or avoided. The resistive film may be sufficiently resistive that it heats the phase change material an... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915854 | Maximizing energy storage life in a fuel cell system using active temperature compensation A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, energy storage and a control subsystem. The energy storage supplements a power that is provided by the fuel cell stack. The energy storage is coupled to the fuel cell stack and has a voltage. The control system regulate... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914266 | Submersible pumping system and method for boosting subsea production flow A booster pumping system is disclosed for producing hydrocarbons from a subsea production well. The booster pumping system includes: (1) a submersible pump hydraulically connected to the production well to provide energy to the hydrocarbon flow and boost production ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913633 | Fertilizer spike insertion tool In one embodiment of the invention a fertilizer spike insertion tool includes a hammer coupled to a spring. When loaded the hammer is retained by a detention member and the spring is loaded (e.g., compressed or expanded). On releasing the detention member and unload... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913099 | Dynamic processor operating voltage control in response to a change in a core/bus clock frequency ratio A technique to adjust a processor's operating voltage dynamically while preventing a user from placing the processor into a harmful operating voltage state in relation to the core/bus frequency ratio of the processor. More particularly, embodiments of the invention ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7913064 | Operation frame filtering, building, and execution The present subject matter relates to operation frame filtering, building, and execution. Some embodiments include identifying a frame signature, counting a number of execution occurrences of the frame signature, and building a frame of operations to execute instead... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7913018 | Methods and apparatus for halting cores in response to system management interrupts A method includes halting at least one processing core of a computer system in response to a system management interrupt. The method further includes handling the system management interrupt with at least one other processing core of the computer system in response ... | 03/22/2011 |
