Inventor
Norrie Thomas
US33 patents
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GOOGLE LLC
25 patentsUS10261786B2Apr 16, 2019
Vector processing unit
GOOGLE LLC20 citations94
US10699188B2Jun 30, 2020
Neural network processor
GOOGLE LLC7 citations84
US10324817B2Jun 18, 2019
Distributed hardware tracing
GOOGLE LLC10 citations84
US11934826B2Mar 19, 2024
Vector reductions using shared scratchpad memory
GOOGLE LLC3 citations73
US11586920B2Feb 21, 2023
Neural network processor
GOOGLE LLC1 citations73
US11520581B2Dec 6, 2022
Vector processing unit
GOOGLE LLC1 citations73
US11275992B2Mar 15, 2022
Special purpose neural network training chip
GOOGLE LLC2 citations73
US11232012B2Jan 25, 2022
Synchronous hardware event collection
GOOGLE LLC2 citations73
US11016764B2May 25, 2021
Vector processing unit
GOOGLE LLC1 citations73
US10990494B2Apr 27, 2021
Distributed hardware tracing
GOOGLE LLC2 citations73
US10915318B2Feb 9, 2021
Vector processing unit
GOOGLE LLC2 citations73
US10896110B2Jan 19, 2021
Distributed hardware tracing
GOOGLE LLC2 citations73
US10365987B2Jul 30, 2019
Synchronous hardware event collection
GOOGLE LLC3 citations73
US11182159B2Nov 23, 2021
Vector reductions using shared scratchpad memory
GOOGLE LLC2 citations71
US11762793B2Sep 19, 2023
Direct memory access architecture with multi-level multi-striding
GOOGLE LLC2 citations68
US11314674B2Apr 26, 2022
Direct memory access architecture with multi-level multi-striding
GOOGLE LLC4 citations68
US12530579B2Jan 20, 2026
Systolic array processor for neural network computation
GOOGLE LLC0 citations62
US12524658B2Jan 13, 2026
Special purpose neural network training chip
GOOGLE LLC0 citations62
US12399714B2Aug 26, 2025
Vector processing unit
GOOGLE LLC0 citations62
US11921611B2Mar 5, 2024
Synchronous hardware event collection
GOOGLE LLC0 citations62
US11650895B2May 16, 2023
Distributed hardware tracing
GOOGLE LLC0 citations62
US11049016B2Jun 29, 2021
Neural network processor
GOOGLE LLC0 citations62
US12367383B2Jul 22, 2025
Shared scratchpad memory with parallel load-store
GOOGLE LLC0 citations61
US11922292B2Mar 5, 2024
Shared scratchpad memory with parallel load-store
GOOGLE LLC0 citations61
US12287745B2Apr 29, 2025
Direct memory access architecture with multi-level multi-striding
GOOGLE LLC0 citations58
ENFABRICA CORP
5 patentsUS11995017B2May 28, 2024
Multi-plane, multi-protocol memory switch fabric with configurable transport
ENFABRICA CORP14 citations84
US12430279B2Sep 30, 2025
System and method for ghost bridging
ENFABRICA CORP0 citations54
US12248424B2Mar 11, 2025
System and method for ghost bridging
ENFABRICA CORP0 citations54
US12360833B2Jul 15, 2025
NIC based collective acceleration
ENFABRICA CORP0 citations51
US12271337B2Apr 8, 2025
Transparent remote memory access over network protocol
ENFABRICA CORP0 citations51