Inventor

DAY MICHAEL NORMAN

US56 patents

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DAY MICHAEL NORMAN

IBM

Managing a plurality of processors as devices

Asymmetric heterogeneous multi-threaded operating system

Method of delivering seamless and continuous presentation of multimedia data files to a target device by assembling and concatenating multimedia segments in memory

Methods for real-time deterministic delivery of multimedia data in a client/server system

On-chip data transfer in multi-processor system

Network transparent access framework for multimedia serving

Task queue management of virtual devices using a plurality of processors

System and method for datastreams employing shared loop architecture multimedia subsystem clusters

Light weight context switching

Grouping processors and assigning shared memory space to a group in a heterogeneous computer environment

System for asynchronous DMA command completion notification wherein the DMA command comprising a tag belongs to a plurality of tag groups

Virtual devices using a pluarlity of processors

System and method for grouping processors and assigning shared memory space to a group in heterogeneous computer environment

System and method asynchronous DMA command completion notification by accessing register via attached processing unit to determine progress of DMA command

Memory management for real-time applications

Method and apparatus for coherent memory structure of heterogeneous processor systems

Memory management in multiprocessor system

Direct coupling for data transfers

Preloading software onto a computer system

Managing a plurality of processors as devices

Method of resource allocation using an access control mechanism

System and method for selecting and using a signal processor in a multiprocessor system to operate as a security for encryption/decryption of data

System and method for providing a persistent function server

System and method for message delivery across a plurality of processors

Establishing command order in an out of order DMA command queue

Loading software on a plurality of processors

Loading software on a plurality of processors

System and method for virtualization of processor resources

Software-controlled cache set management with software-generated class identifiers

Microprocessor having bandwidth management for computing applications and related method of managing bandwidth allocation

Method to provide atomic update primitives in an asymmetric heterogeneous multiprocessor environment

Shadow register to enhance lock acquisition

Asynchronous linked data structure traversal

System and method for efficient implementation of software-managed cache

Asynchronous linked data structure traversal

Hierarchical management for multiprocessor system with real-time attributes

System and method for identifying and accessing streaming data in a locked portion of a cache

Method to provide atomic update primitives in an asymmetric heterogeneous multiprocessor environment

Memory barriers primitives in an asymmetric heterogeneous multiprocessor environment

Method and apparatus for managing the power consumption of a data processing system

Program debug method and apparatus

Method for processor to use locking cache as part of system memory

Direct deposit using locking cache

System and method for tracking messages between a processing unit and an external device

Method and apparatus for managing the power consumption of a data processing system

DAY MICHAEL NORMAN

System and method for speculative thread assist in a heterogeneous processing environment

Broadcasting a condition to threads executing on a plurality of on-chip processors

BROKENSHIRE DANIEL ALAN

Virtual devices using a plurality of processors

CRAFT DAVID JOHN

Security architecture for system on chip

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC

Methods and apparatus for list transfers using DMA transfers in a multi-processor system