Inventor

Steven C. McMahan

Inventor
Richardson, TX, US

Overview

19→
Patents
1992–2009
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 19 as inventor

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

G06Fprimary
G06FElectric digital data processing74%
H03KPulse technique16%
G11CStatic stores11%
PatentTitleYear
7,490,276'Testing self-repairing memory of a device'20097,007,211'Testing self-repairing memory of a device'20066,138,230'Processor with multiple execution pipelines using pipe stage state information to control independent movement of instructions between pipe stages of an execution pipeline'20005,859,541'Data processor having an output terminal with selectable output impedances'19995,835,949'Method of identifying and self-modifying code'19985,835,967'Adjusting prefetch size based on source of prefetch address'19985,835,951'Branch processing unit with target cache read prioritization protocol for handling multiple hits'19985,784,713'Address calculation logic including limit checking using carry out to flag limit violation'19985,771,365'Condensed microaddress generation in a complex instruction set computer'19985,740,416'Branch processing unit with a far target cache accessed by indirection from the target cache'19985,732,243'Branch processing unit with target cache using low/high banking to support split prefetching'19985,732,253'Branch processing unit with target cache storing history for predicted taken branches and history cache storing history for predicted not-taken branches'19985,706,491'Branch processing unit with a return stack including repair using pointers from different pipe stages'19985,692,168'Prefetch buffer using flow control bit to identify changes of flow within the code stream'19975,644,741'Processor with single clock decode architecture employing single microROM'19975,337,269'Carry skip adder with independent carry-in and carry skip paths'19945,294,845'Data processor having an output terminal with selectable output impedances'19945,162,672'Data processor having an output terminal with selectable output impedances'19925,086,407'Data processor integrated circuit with selectable multiplexed/non-multiplexed address and data modes of operation'1992

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1992–1999Patents assigned to MOTOROLA INC (3)· patent assignee history
1992–1999Based in Garland, TX, US· patent location history
1992Based in Austin, TX, US· patent location history
1994–1998Patents assigned to CYRIX CORP (10)· patent assignee history
1994–2009Based in Richardson, TX, US· patent location history
1998Patents assigned to NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (2)· patent assignee history
2006Patents assigned to CISCO TECH IND (1)· patent assignee history
2009Patents assigned to CISCO TECH INC (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
CYRIX CORP101994–1998
MOTOROLA INC31992–1999
NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP21998
CISCO TECH INC12009
CISCO TECH IND12006
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Richardson, Texas, US161994–2009
Garland, Texas, US21992–1999
Austin, Texas, US11992