Inventor
ALFIERI ROBERT A
US42 patents
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NVIDIA CORP
30 patentsUS7397797B2Jul 8, 2008
Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions
NVIDIA CORP60 citations97
US7324547B1Jan 29, 2008
Internet protocol (IP) router residing in a processor chipset
NVIDIA CORP87 citations97
US7120653B2Oct 10, 2006
Method and apparatus for providing an integrated file system
NVIDIA CORP41 citations93
US7437548B1Oct 14, 2008
Network level protocol negotiation and operation
NVIDIA CORP22 citations92
US7362772B1Apr 22, 2008
Network processing pipeline chipset for routing and host packet processing
NVIDIA CORP23 citations92
US7363610B2Apr 22, 2008
Building integrated circuits using a common database
NVIDIA CORP37 citations92
US7188250B1Mar 6, 2007
Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions
NVIDIA CORP34 citations92
US7496788B1Feb 24, 2009
Watchdog monitoring for unit status reporting
NVIDIA CORP28 citations90
US7483823B2Jan 27, 2009
Building integrated circuits using logical units
NVIDIA CORP19 citations84
US7685371B1Mar 23, 2010
Hierarchical flush barrier mechanism with deadlock avoidance
NVIDIA CORP9 citations83
US7630389B1Dec 8, 2009
Multi-thread FIFO memory generator
NVIDIA CORP11 citations82
US7383352B2Jun 3, 2008
Method and apparatus for providing an integrated network of processors
NVIDIA CORP7 citations74
US7961178B1Jun 14, 2011
Method and system for reordering isochronous hub streams
NVIDIA CORP2 citations63
US6920484B2Jul 19, 2005
Method and apparatus for providing an integrated virtual disk subsystem
NVIDIA CORP5 citations63
US7631152B1Dec 8, 2009
Determining memory flush states for selective heterogeneous memory flushes
NVIDIA CORP5 citations62
US12159344B2Dec 3, 2024
Accelerated processing via a physically based rendering engine
NVIDIA CORP0 citations59
US11908064B2Feb 20, 2024
Accelerated processing via a physically based rendering engine
NVIDIA CORP0 citations59
US11875444B2Jan 16, 2024
Accelerated processing via a physically based rendering engine
NVIDIA CORP0 citations59
US11853764B2Dec 26, 2023
Accelerated processing via a physically based rendering engine
NVIDIA CORP0 citations59
US11704860B2Jul 18, 2023
Accelerated processing via a physically based rendering engine
NVIDIA CORP0 citations59
US9281817B2Mar 8, 2016
Power conservation using gray-coded address sequencing
NVIDIA CORP2 citations54
US9685207B2Jun 20, 2017
Sequential access memory with master-slave latch pairs and method of operating
NVIDIA CORP0 citations52
US9189199B2Nov 17, 2015
Folded FIFO memory generator
NVIDIA CORP1 citations52
US7620738B2Nov 17, 2009
Method and apparatus for providing an integrated network of processors
NVIDIA CORP0 citations52
US7961733B2Jun 14, 2011
Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions
NVIDIA CORP0 citations51
US7924868B1Apr 12, 2011
Internet protocol (IP) router residing in a processor chipset
NVIDIA CORP0 citations51
US7756148B1Jul 13, 2010
Multi-threaded FIFO memory generator with speculative read and write capability
NVIDIA CORP1 citations50
US11830123B2Nov 28, 2023
Accelerated processing via a physically based rendering engine
NVIDIA CORP0 citations48
US8051126B2Nov 1, 2011
Method and apparatus for providing an integrated network of processors
NVIDIA CORP0 citations42
US7870524B1Jan 11, 2011
Method and system for automating unit performance testing in integrated circuit design
NVIDIA CORP0 citations34
ALFIERI ROBERT A
3 patentsUS8429661B1Apr 23, 2013
Managing multi-threaded FIFO memory by determining whether issued credit count for dedicated class of threads is less than limit
ALFIERI ROBERT A21 citations89
US8094670B1Jan 10, 2012
Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions
ALFIERI ROBERT A5 citations61
US9106401B2Aug 11, 2015
Deterministic synchronization for transmitting signals between different clock domains
ALFIERI ROBERT A1 citations51
EDMONDSON JOHN H
3 patentsUS9058792B1Jun 16, 2015
Coalescing to avoid read-modify-write during compressed data operations
EDMONDSON JOHN H8 citations83
US8928681B1Jan 6, 2015
Coalescing to avoid read-modify-write during compressed data operations
EDMONDSON JOHN H13 citations83
US8427495B1Apr 23, 2013
Coalescing to avoid read-modify-write during compressed data operations
EDMONDSON JOHN H0 citations41