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Dale L. Kirkland
Also filed as: KIRKLAND DALE · KIRKLAND DALE L
55 granted patents·1 pending application·879 citations·filing 1996–2022
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56 records- 0199US9262797B2Multi-sample surface processing using one sampleNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 16, 2016·132 cites·16 claims
- 0298US8704826B1Primitive re-ordering between world-space and screen-space pipelines with buffer limited processingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 22, 2014·30 cites·20 claims
- 0395US8704836B1Distributing primitives to multiple rasterizersRHOADES JOHNNY S·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 22, 2014·55 cites·21 claims
- 0491US8760460B1Hardware-managed virtual buffers using a shared memory for load distributionKILGARIFF EMMETT M·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 24, 2014·41 cites·23 claims
- 0589US6476816B1Multi-processor graphics accelerator3DLABS INC LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 5, 2002·80 cites·32 claims
- 0688US6535216B1Multi-processor graphics accelerator3DLABS INC LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 18, 2003·32 cites·10 claims
- 0786US10909738B2Real-time hardware-assisted GPU tuning using machine learningNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 2, 2021·3 cites·20 claims
- 0885US9710874B2Mid-primitive graphics execution preemptionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 18, 2017·8 cites·23 claims
- 0985US9594599B1Method and system for distributing work batches to processing units based on a number of enabled streaming multiprocessorsJOHNSON PHILIP BROWNING·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 14, 2017·15 cites·12 claims
- 1085US6642928B1Multi-processor graphics accelerator3DLABS INC LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 4, 2003·32 cites·21 claims
- 1184US9633458B2Method and system for reducing a polygon bounding boxSTEINER WALTER R·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 25, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 1283US8749564B2Barrier commands in a cache tiling architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 10, 2014·1 cites·23 claims
- 1381US9536341B1Distributing primitives to multiple rasterizersRHOADES JOHNNY S·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 3, 2017·12 cites·21 claims
- 1481US9183609B2Programmable blending in multi-threaded processing unitsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 10, 2015·7 cites·19 claims
- 1581US6046709AMultiple display synchronization apparatus and methodINTERGRAPH CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 4, 2000·109 cites·24 claims
- 1680US9336002B2Data structures for efficient tiled renderingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 10, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 1779US10430989B2Multi-pass rendering in a screen space pipelineNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 1, 2019·3 cites·18 claims
- 1879US10032245B2Techniques for maintaining atomicity and ordering for pixel shader operationsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 24, 2018·3 cites·22 claims
- 1977US10055806B2Techniques for maintaining atomicity and ordering for pixel shader operationsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 21, 2018·2 cites·22 claims
- 2076US6948087B2Wide instruction word graphics processor3DLABS INC LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 20, 2005·21 cites·4 claims
- 2175US12045924B2Real-time hardware-assisted GPU tuning using machine learningNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 23, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2275US10019776B2Techniques for maintaining atomicity and ordering for pixel shader operationsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 10, 2018·2 cites·22 claims
- 2375US9639366B2Techniques for managing graphics processing resources in a tile-based architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 2, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 2473US8917271B2Redistribution of generated geometric primitivesRHOADES JOHNNY S·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 23, 2014·4 cites·24 claims
- 2572US6046752APeer-to-peer parallel processing graphics acceleratorINTERGRAPH CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 4, 2000·51 cites·16 claims
- 2672US5917502APeer-to-peer parallel processing graphics acceleratorINTERGRAPH CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 29, 1999·54 cites·26 claims
- 2771US9792122B2Heuristics for improving performance in a tile based architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 17, 2017·0 cites·22 claims
- 2869US11481950B2Real-time hardware-assisted GPU tuning using machine learningNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 25, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 2969US10861230B2System-generated stable barycentric coordinates and direct plane equation accessNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 8, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 3068US11663767B2Power efficient attribute handling for tessellation and geometry shadersNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 30, 2023·2 cites·22 claims
- 3168US10332310B2Distributed index fetch, primitive assembly, and primitive batchingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 25, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 3268US9286659B2Multi-sample surface processing using sample subsetsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 15, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 3367US9269179B2System, method, and computer program product for generating primitive specific attributesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 23, 2016·2 cites·15 claims
- 3465US7466319B1System and method for fast gradient pixel clears in graphics rendering3DLABS·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 16, 2008·11 cites·20 claims
- 3564US9483270B2Distributed tiled cachingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 1, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 3664US9448804B2Techniques for managing graphics processing resources in a tile-based architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 20, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 3763US10083036B2Techniques for managing graphics processing resources in a tile-based architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 25, 2018·0 cites·22 claims
- 3863US9542189B2Heuristics for improving performance in a tile-based architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 10, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 3963US9436969B2Time slice processing of tessellation and geometry shadersHAKURA ZIYAD S·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 6, 2016·2 cites·26 claims
- 4063US5986669AGraphics processing with efficient clippingINTERGRAPH CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 16, 1999·36 cites·48 claims
- 4162US9342311B2Techniques for adaptively generating bounding boxesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 17, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 4262US6577316B2Wide instruction word graphics processor3DLABS INC LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 10, 2003·36 cites·13 claims
- 4361US10282803B2State handling in a tiled architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 7, 2019·0 cites·25 claims
- 4461US6677954B1Graphics request buffer caching method3DLABS INC LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 13, 2004·8 cites·15 claims
- 4559US10453168B2Techniques for maintaining atomicity and ordering for pixel shader operationsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 22, 2019·0 cites·25 claims
- 4659US6700576B1Variable stride circle rendering apparatus and method3DLABS INC LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 2, 2004·8 cites·33 claims
- 4758US6313845B1Method and apparatus for transporting information to a graphic accelerator card3DLABS INC LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 6, 2001·33 cites·15 claims
- 4856US2005004862A1Identifying the probability of violative behavior in a marketFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4950US6674440B1Graphics processor for stereoscopically displaying a graphical image3DLABS INC INC LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 6, 2004·7 cites·33 claims
- 5048US10147222B2Multi-pass rendering in a screen space pipelineNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 4, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
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