Inventor
SIMERAL BRAD W
US48 patents
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NVIDIA CORP
22 patentsUS7450120B1Nov 11, 2008
Apparatus, system, and method for Z-culling
NVIDIA CORP70 citations98
US7716506B1May 11, 2010
Apparatus, method, and system for dynamically selecting power down level
NVIDIA CORP67 citations97
US7191088B1Mar 13, 2007
Method and system for memory temperature detection and thermal load management
NVIDIA CORP55 citations96
US7053901B2May 30, 2006
System and method for accelerating a special purpose processor
NVIDIA CORP87 citations96
US7054987B1May 30, 2006
Apparatus, system, and method for avoiding data writes that stall transactions in a bus interface
NVIDIA CORP26 citations93
US7755624B1Jul 13, 2010
Apparatus, system, and method for Z-culling
NVIDIA CORP21 citations92
US7487371B2Feb 3, 2009
Data path controller with integrated power management to manage power consumption of a computing device and its components
NVIDIA CORP35 citations91
US7966439B1Jun 21, 2011
Apparatus, system, and method for a fast data return memory controller
NVIDIA CORP30 citations90
US7441087B2Oct 21, 2008
System, apparatus and method for issuing predictions from an inventory to access a memory
NVIDIA CORP22 citations89
US7287145B1Oct 23, 2007
System, apparatus and method for reclaiming memory holes in memory composed of identically-sized memory devices
NVIDIA CORP12 citations84
US7584321B1Sep 1, 2009
Memory address and datapath multiplexing
NVIDIA CORP9 citations83
US7206902B2Apr 17, 2007
System, apparatus and method for predicting accesses to a memory
NVIDIA CORP17 citations83
US7966468B1Jun 21, 2011
Apparatus, system, and method for fast read request transfer through clock domains
NVIDIA CORP14 citations82
US7495985B1Feb 24, 2009
Method and system for memory thermal load sharing using memory on die termination
NVIDIA CORP5 citations73
US7461211B2Dec 2, 2008
System, apparatus and method for generating nonsequential predictions to access a memory
NVIDIA CORP4 citations62
US7275143B1Sep 25, 2007
System, apparatus and method for avoiding page conflicts by characterizing addresses in parallel with translations of memory addresses
NVIDIA CORP4 citations62
US7260686B2Aug 21, 2007
System, apparatus and method for performing look-ahead lookup on predictive information in a cache memory
NVIDIA CORP3 citations62
US7240179B1Jul 3, 2007
System, apparatus and method for reclaiming memory holes in memory composed of arbitrarily-sized memory devices
NVIDIA CORP4 citations62
US7688325B1Mar 30, 2010
Screen compression for mobile applications
NVIDIA CORP4 citations60
US7813204B2Oct 12, 2010
Method and system for memory thermal load sharing using memory on die termination
NVIDIA CORP1 citations52
US7849342B2Dec 7, 2010
Method and system for implementing generalized system stutter
NVIDIA CORP0 citations51
US7876327B1Jan 25, 2011
Power savings in a computing device during video playback
NVIDIA CORP0 citations50
APPLE INC
17 patentsUS11822416B2Nov 21, 2023
System on a chip that drives display when CPUs are powered down
APPLE INC2 citations72
US11500448B2Nov 15, 2022
System on a chip that drives display when CPUs are powered down
APPLE INC3 citations72
US12541243B2Feb 3, 2026
Electronic display power management systems and methods
APPLE INC0 citations62
US11442528B2Sep 13, 2022
Electronic display power management systems and methods
APPLE INC0 citations62
US10942559B2Mar 9, 2021
Electronic display power management systems and methods
APPLE INC0 citations62
US10825419B2Nov 3, 2020
Collision avoidance schemes for displays
APPLE INC1 citations62
US12271250B2Apr 8, 2025
Electronic display pipeline power management systems and methods
APPLE INC0 citations61
US12141016B2Nov 12, 2024
System on a chip that drives display when CPUs are powered down
APPLE INC0 citations61
US11670252B2Jun 6, 2023
Power management for image display
APPLE INC0 citations61
US11614791B2Mar 28, 2023
Electronic display pipeline power management systems and methods
APPLE INC0 citations61
US12487312B2Dec 2, 2025
Dynamic and intermittent localization
APPLE INC0 citations59
US10925164B2Feb 16, 2021
Stackable passive component
APPLE INC0 citations59
US11334164B2May 17, 2022
Portable electronic device having a haptic device with a moving battery element
APPLE INC1 citations58
US12436594B2Oct 7, 2025
Predictive display power control systems and methods
APPLE INC0 citations57
US10424438B2Sep 24, 2019
Reduced electrical terminations in surface-mount technology components
APPLE INC1 citations57
US10224873B1Mar 5, 2019
Voltage collection bootstrap circuit
APPLE INC0 citations51
US12436593B2Oct 7, 2025
Sensor-based display power control systems and methods
APPLE INC0 citations47
SIMERAL BRAD W
3 patentsUS8239938B2Aug 7, 2012
Centralized device virtualization layer for heterogeneous processing units
SIMERAL BRAD W74 citations96
US8069355B2Nov 29, 2011
Data path controller with integrated power management to manage power consumption of a computing device and its components
SIMERAL BRAD W17 citations90
US8943584B2Jan 27, 2015
Centralized device virtualization layer for heterogeneous processing units
SIMERAL BRAD W0 citations51
SREENIVAS KRISHNAN
3 patentsUS8692837B1Apr 8, 2014
Screen compression for mobile applications
SREENIVAS KRISHNAN4 citations68
US8098254B2Jan 17, 2012
Power savings in a computing device during video playback
SREENIVAS KRISHNAN0 citations48
US8120614B2Feb 21, 2012
Screen compression for mobile applications
SREENIVAS KRISHNAN0 citations37