Inventor
JOY WILLIAM
US15 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
14 patentsUS7185185B2Feb 27, 2007
Multiple-thread processor with in-pipeline, thread selectable storage
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC63 citations98
US6718457B2Apr 6, 2004
Multiple-thread processor for threaded software applications
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC73 citations98
US6205543B1Mar 20, 2001
Efficient handling of a large register file for context switching
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC92 citations98
US6615338B1Sep 2, 2003
Clustered architecture in a VLIW processor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC31 citations92
US6343348B1Jan 29, 2002
Apparatus and method for optimizing die utilization and speed performance by register file splitting
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC50 citations92
US5159680AOct 27, 1992
Risc processing unit which selectively isolates register windows by indicating usage of adjacent register windows in status register
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC24 citations91
US5083263AJan 21, 1992
BISC with interconnected register ring and selectively operating portion of the ring as a conventional computer
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC31 citations91
US5845325ADec 1, 1998
Virtual address write back cache with address reassignment and cache block flush
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC44 citations90
US5043923AAug 27, 1991
Apparatus for rapidly switching between frames to be presented on a computer output display
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC26 citations90
US7117342B2Oct 3, 2006
Implicitly derived register specifiers in a processor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC11 citations84
US7010674B2Mar 7, 2006
Efficient handling of a large register file for context switching and function calls and returns
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC8 citations74
US5727219AMar 10, 1998
Virtual input/output processor utilizing an interrupt handler
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC16 citations73
US7490228B2Feb 10, 2009
Processor with register dirty bit tracking for efficient context switch
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations63
US7114056B2Sep 26, 2006
Local and global register partitioning in a VLIW processor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations63