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BROTHERS JOHN
US30 patents
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VIA TECH INC
14 patentsUS7545381B2Jun 9, 2009
Interruptible GPU and method for context saving and restoring
VIA TECH INC61 citations97
US7737983B2Jun 15, 2010
GPU pipeline multiple level synchronization controller processor and method
VIA TECH INC39 citations94
US7583268B2Sep 1, 2009
Graphics pipeline precise interrupt method and apparatus
VIA TECH INC24 citations92
US7030878B2Apr 18, 2006
Method and apparatus for generating a shadow effect using shadow volumes
VIA TECH INC38 citations91
US8368701B2Feb 5, 2013
Metaprocessor for GPU control and synchronization in a multiprocessor environment
VIA TECH INC13 citations84
US7755632B2Jul 13, 2010
GPU internal wait/fence synchronization method and apparatus
VIA TECH INC8 citations84
US7626521B2Dec 1, 2009
Decoding control of computational core of programmable graphics processing unit
VIA TECH INC14 citations82
US7626518B2Dec 1, 2009
Decoding systems and methods in computational core of programmable graphics processing unit
VIA TECH INC14 citations82
US7277098B2Oct 2, 2007
Apparatus and method of an improved stencil shadow volume operation
VIA TECH INC17 citations82
US7965296B2Jun 21, 2011
Systems and methods for storing texture map data
VIA TECH INC9 citations79
US7911480B2Mar 22, 2011
Compression of multiple-sample-anti-aliasing tile data in a graphics pipeline
VIA TECH INC5 citations63
US8004533B2Aug 23, 2011
Graphics input command stream scheduling method and apparatus
VIA TECH INC3 citations62
US7880745B2Feb 1, 2011
Systems and methods for border color handling in a graphics processing unit
VIA TECH INC2 citations61
US7551176B2Jun 23, 2009
Systems and methods for providing shared attribute evaluation circuits in a graphics processing unit
VIA TECH INC0 citations40
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
6 patentsUS10061591B2Aug 28, 2018
Redundancy elimination in single instruction multiple data/thread (SIMD/T) execution processing
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD7 citations79
US9892534B2Feb 13, 2018
Method and apparatus for performing path rendering
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD4 citations72
US11694393B2Jul 4, 2023
Method and apparatus for performing tile-based path rendering
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD0 citations61
US11074744B2Jul 27, 2021
Method and apparatus for performing tile-based path rendering
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD0 citations61
US9984497B2May 29, 2018
Method and apparatus for performing tile-based path rendering
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD1 citations61
US10672184B2Jun 2, 2020
Method and apparatus for performing tile-based path rendering
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD0 citations51