Inventor

William A. Hughes

Inventor

San Jose, CA, US

Overview

60→

Patents

1998–2016

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 60 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing72%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication12%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use11%

G01RMeasuring electric variables1%

G11CStatic stores1%

H03MCoding1%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests1%

PatentTitleYear

9,355,034'Removal and optimization of coherence acknowledgement responses in an interconnect'2016 8,996,816'Method and apparatus for selectively bypassing a cache for trace collection in a processor'2015 8,954,635'Buffer management using freelist buffers'2015 8,787,368'Crossbar switch with primary and secondary pickers'2014 8,756,442'System for processor power limit management'2014 8,732,410'Method and apparatus for accelerated shared data migration'2014 8,606,999'Cache partitioning'2013 8,595,563'Method and circuitry for debugging a power-gated circuit'2013 RE044487'Command packet packing to mitigate CRC overhead'2013 8,504,854'Managing multiple operating points for stable virtual frequencies'2013 8,195,887'Processor power management and method'2012 7,996,653'Shared resources in a chip multiprocessor'2011 7,882,327'Communicating between partitions in a statically partitioned multiprocessing system'2011 7,881,303'Command packet packing to mitigate CRC overhead'2011 7,877,558'Memory controller prioritization scheme'2011 7,844,758'Dynamic resource allocation scheme for efficient use of a queue'2010 7,840,873'Partial CRC insertion in data packets for early forwarding'2010 7,840,780'Shared resources in a chip multiprocessor'2010 7,707,341'Virtualizing an interrupt controller'2010 7,603,550'Computer system including a secure execution mode-capable CPU and a security services processor connected via a secure communication path'2009 7,603,551'Initialization of a computer system including a secure execution mode-capable processor'2009 7,480,784'Ensuring deadlock free operation for peer to peer traffic in an input/output memory management unit (IOMMU)'2009 7,383,423'Shared resources in a chip multiprocessor'2008 7,328,371'Core redundancy in a chip multiprocessor for highly reliable systems'2008 7,295,563'Method and apparatus for routing packets that have ordering requirements'2007 7,296,167'Combined system responses in a chip multiprocessor'2007 7,274,692'Method and apparatus for routing packets that have multiple destinations'2007 7,263,457'System and method for operating components of an integrated circuit at independent frequencies and/or voltages'2007 7,221,678'Method and apparatus for routing packets'2007 7,210,009'Computer system employing a trusted execution environment including a memory controller configured to clear memory'2007 7,174,467'Message based power management in a multi-processor system'2007 7,165,132'Processing node including a plurality of processor cores and an interconnect configurable in a test-mode to cause first and second transaction source indicators to be interchanged'2007 7,155,572'Method and apparatus for injecting write data into a cache'2006 7,146,510'Use of a signal line to adjust width and/or frequency of a communication link during system operation'2006 7,146,477'Mechanism for selectively blocking peripheral device accesses to system memory'2006 7,107,367'Method for efficient buffer tag allocation'2006 7,073,133'Objects and methods for accessing a data source and enhancing an application'2006 7,058,791'Establishing a mode indication responsive to two or more indications'2006 7,051,218'Message based power management'2006 7,043,679'Piggybacking of ECC corrections behind loads'2006 7,009,618'Integrated I/O Remapping mechanism'2006 6,973,543'Partial directory cache for reducing probe traffic in multiprocessor systems'2005 6,934,903'Using microcode to correct ECC errors in a processor'2005 6,757,793'Reducing probe traffic in multiprocessor systems using a victim record table'2004 6,718,444'Read-modify-write for partial writes in a memory controller'2004 6,715,055'Apparatus and method for allocating buffer space'2004 6,665,788'Reducing latency for a relocation cache lookup and address mapping in a distributed memory system'2003 6,662,280'Store buffer which forwards data based on index and optional way match'2003 6,571,318'Stride based prefetcher with confidence counter and dynamic prefetch-ahead mechanism'2003 6,549,990'Store to load forwarding using a dependency link file'2003 6,473,832'Load/store unit having pre-cache and post-cache queues for low latency load memory operations'2002 6,473,837'Snoop resynchronization mechanism to preserve read ordering'2002 6,473,849'Implementing locks in a distributed processing system'2002 6,446,189'Computer system including a novel address translation mechanism'2002 6,427,193'Deadlock avoidance using exponential backoff'2002 6,415,360'Minimizing self-modifying code checks for uncacheable memory types'2002 6,393,536'Load/store unit employing last-in-buffer indication for rapid load-hit-store'2002 6,370,600'Staging buffer for translating clock domains when source clock frequency exceeds target clock frequency'2002 6,266,744'Store to load forwarding using a dependency link file'2001 5,813,035'Microprocessor employing a technique for restoration of an aborted cycle following a snoop writeback operation'1998

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1998–2015Patents assigned to ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC (52)· patent assignee history

1998Based in Austin, TX, US· patent location history

2001–2009Based in Burlingame, CA, US· patent location history

2002Based in Sunnyvale, CA, US· patent location history

2006–2016Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history

2006Based in Randolph, NJ, US· patent location history

2010–2013Patents assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC (6)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to HUGHES WILLIAM A (8)· patent assignee history

2013–2015Patents assigned to DONLEY GREGGORY D (4)· patent assignee history

2013–2015Patents assigned to FERTIG MICHAEL K (3)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC	52	1998–2015
HUGHES WILLIAM Aself	8	2012–2015
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC	6	2010–2013
DONLEY GREGGORY D	4	2013–2015
FERTIG MICHAEL K	3	2013–2015

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
San Jose, California, US	30	2006–2016
Burlingame, California, US	27	2001–2009
Randolph, New Jersey, US	1	2006
Sunnyvale, California, US	1	2002
Austin, Texas, US	1	1998