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CHAMBERS PETER
US57 patents
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VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC
33 patentsUS6108738AAug 22, 2000
Multi-master PCI bus system within a single integrated circuit
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC185 citations97
US5958020ASep 28, 1999
Real time event determination in a universal serial bus system
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC123 citations97
US5961640AOct 5, 1999
Virtual contiguous FIFO having the provision of packet-driven automatic endian conversion
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC65 citations94
US5933610AAug 3, 1999
Predictive arbitration system for PCI bus agents
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC58 citations94
US6324663B1Nov 27, 2001
System and method to test internal PCI agents
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC17 citations93
US5949251ASep 7, 1999
Register-based programmable post-silicon system to patch and dynamically modify the behavior of synchronous state machines
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC24 citations93
US5933609AAug 3, 1999
Method and system for hot docking a portable computer to a docking station via the primary PCI bus
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC65 citations93
US6289406B1Sep 11, 2001
Optimizing the performance of asynchronous bus bridges with dynamic transactions
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC49 citations92
US6233632B1May 15, 2001
Optimizing peripheral component interconnect transactions in a mixed 32/64-bit environment by eliminating unnecessary data transfers
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC29 citations92
US6016315AJan 18, 2000
Virtual contiguous FIFO for combining multiple data packets into a single contiguous stream
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC19 citations92
US6012115AJan 4, 2000
Method and system for accurate temporal determination of real-time events within a universal serial bus system
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC43 citations92
US5905912AMay 18, 1999
System for implementing peripheral device bus mastering in a computer using a list processor for asserting and receiving control signals external to the DMA controller
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC29 citations92
US5884052AMar 16, 1999
Smart retry mechanism to program the retry latency of a PCI initiator agent
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC29 citations92
US5845151ADec 1, 1998
System using descriptor and having hardware state machine coupled to DMA for implementing peripheral device bus mastering via USB controller or IrDA controller
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC42 citations92
US5845130ADec 1, 1998
Mailbox traffic controller
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC22 citations92
US5774744AJun 30, 1998
System using DMA and descriptor for implementing peripheral device bus mastering via a universal serial bus controller or an infrared data association controller
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC32 citations92
US6226701B1May 1, 2001
Method and system for accurate temporal determination of real-time events within a universal serial bus system
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC30 citations89
US6040788AMar 21, 2000
Cache based scan matrix keyboard controller
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC19 citations89
US5825199AOct 20, 1998
Reprogrammable state machine and method therefor
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC21 citations86
US5845096ADec 1, 1998
Adaptive arbitration mechanism for a shared multi-master bus
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC19 citations82
US5796994AAug 18, 1998
Patch mechanism for allowing dynamic modifications of the behavior of a state machine
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC18 citations77
US6311248B1Oct 30, 2001
Method and system for optimized data transfers in a mixed 64-bit/32-bit PCI environment
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC9 citations74
US6301631B1Oct 9, 2001
Memory mapping method for eliminating dual address cycles in a peripheral component interconnect environment
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC12 citations74
US6230216B1May 8, 2001
Method for eliminating dual address cycles in a peripheral component interconnect environment
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC11 citations74
US5999171ADec 7, 1999
Detection of objects on a computer display
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC14 citations73
US5995112ANov 30, 1999
Color signature detection of objects on a computer display
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC13 citations73
US5809333ASep 15, 1998
System for implementing peripheral device bus mastering in desktop PC via hardware state machine for programming DMA controller, generating command signals and receiving completion status
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC13 citations73
US6047365AApr 4, 2000
Multiple entry wavetable address cache to reduce accesses over a PCI bus
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC10 citations72
US5987584ANov 16, 1999
Wavetable address cache to reduce accesses over a PCI bus
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC7 citations72
US5915103AJun 22, 1999
Method and system for an extensible on silicon bus supporting multiple functional blocks
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC14 citations70
US5870570AFeb 9, 1999
Multiple bus agent integrated circuit device for connecting to an external bus
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC15 citations66
US6178478B1Jan 23, 2001
Smart target mechanism for eliminating dual address cycles in a peripheral component interconnect environment
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC2 citations63
US5774743AJun 30, 1998
System for implementing peripheral device bus mastering in mobile computer via micro-controller for programming DMA controller, generating and sending command signals, and receiving completion status
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC6 citations62
MICREL INC
13 patentsUS7102394B1Sep 5, 2006
Programming and control of an integrated circuit using an externally connected resistor network
MICREL INC22 citations93
US7013355B2Mar 14, 2006
Device and method for improved serial bus transaction using incremental address decode
MICREL INC21 citations93
US7533326B2May 12, 2009
Adaptive decoder for decoding an asynchronous data stream
MICREL INC9 citations84
US7202701B1Apr 10, 2007
Input/output circuit for handling unconnected I/O pads
MICREL INC10 citations84
US7245148B2Jul 17, 2007
Power saving method in an integrated circuit programming and control circuit
MICREL INC13 citations82
US7126513B1Oct 24, 2006
Analog control of a digital decision process
MICREL INC11 citations82
US7532653B2May 12, 2009
Laser turn-on accelerator independent of bias control loop bandwidth
MICREL INC10 citations81
US7370069B2May 6, 2008
Numerical value conversion using a look-up table for coefficient storage
MICREL INC7 citations73
US7203213B2Apr 10, 2007
Laser turn-on accelerator independent of bias control loop bandwidth
MICREL INC9 citations71
US7508329B1Mar 24, 2009
Laser controller integrated circuit including variable resolution data processing device
MICREL INC3 citations63
US6898680B2May 24, 2005
Minimization of overhead of non-volatile memory operation
MICREL INC4 citations63
US6810347B2Oct 26, 2004
Robust power-on meter and method
MICREL INC6 citations63
US7395287B2Jul 1, 2008
Numerical value conversion using a saturation limited arithmetic logic unit supporting variable resolution operands
MICREL INC3 citations62
KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
2 patentsSTRATOS LIGHTWARE INC
1 patentVLSI TECHNLOGY INC
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