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David F. Tobias
Also filed as: TOBIAS DAVID · TOBIAS DAVID F · TOBIAS DAVID FRANCIS · TOBIAS DAVID M
22 granted patents·5 pending applications·1,433 citations·filing 1997–2024
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27 records- 0197US6996441B1Forward-looking fan control using system operation informationADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 7, 2006·217 cites·30 claims
- 0296US6845456B1CPU utilization measurement techniques for use in power managementADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 18, 2005·224 cites·41 claims
- 0393US7647513B2Method and apparatus for improving responsiveness of a power management system in a computing deviceADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 12, 2010·37 cites·11 claims
- 0493US7293165B1BMC-hosted boot ROM interfaceADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 6, 2007·86 cites·34 claims
- 0592US7254721B1System and method for controlling an intergrated circuit to enter a predetermined performance state by skipping all intermediate states based on the determined utilization of the intergrated circuitADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 7, 2007·85 cites·12 claims
- 0691US7197657B1BMC-hosted real-time clock and non-volatile RAM replacementADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 27, 2007·69 cites·23 claims
- 0791US6795927B1Power state resynchronizationADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 21, 2004·78 cites·19 claims
- 0889US7188261B1Processor operational range indicatorADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 6, 2007·59 cites·47 claims
- 0986US6477482B1Power button controlled diagnostic mode for an information applianceADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 5, 2002·46 cites·37 claims
- 1085US6218931B1Home-appliance network with nodes identified by direct-sequence spreading codesADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 17, 2001·112 cites·6 claims
- 1185US6097988ALogic system and method employing multiple configurable logic blocks and capable of implementing a state machine using a minimum amount of configurable logicADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 1, 2000·93 cites·21 claims
- 1277US6954879B1Method and apparatus for communicating configuration data for a peripheral device of a microcontroller via a scan pathADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 11, 2005·19 cites·11 claims
- 1375US6751737B1Multiple protected mode execution environments using multiple register sets and meta-protected instructionsADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 15, 2004·67 cites·17 claims
- 1475US6363501B1Method and apparatus for saving and loading peripheral device states of a microcontroller via a scan pathADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 26, 2002·31 cites·5 claims
- 1574US6188241B1Microcontroller having a block of logic configurable to perform a selected logic function and to produce output signals coupled to corresponding I/O pads according to a predefined hardware interfaceADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 13, 2001·74 cites·28 claims
- 1669US7127446B1File system based task queue managementADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 24, 2006·19 cites·18 claims
- 1765US7831816B2Non-destructive sideband reading of processor state informationGLOBALFOUNDRIES INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 9, 2010·3 cites·20 claims
- 1865US6546482B1Invalid configuration detection resourceADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 8, 2003·45 cites·11 claims
- 1963US7747881B2System and method for limiting processor performanceGLOBALFOUNDRIES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 29, 2010·4 cites·17 claims
- 2060US5978903AApparatus and method for automatically accessing a dynamic RAM for system management interrupt handlingADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 2, 1999·37 cites·29 claims
- 2155US6928586B1Method and apparatus for saving peripheral device states of a microcontrollerADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 9, 2005·5 cites·8 claims
- 2251US2024272862A1Digital Bumper StickerTOBIAS DAVID·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2350US6560659B1Unicode-based drivers, device configuration interface and methodology for configuring similar but potentially incompatible peripheral devicesADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 6, 2003·23 cites·17 claims
- 2438US2006241949A1Imaging process for financial dataTOBIAS DAVID M·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2536US2016260091A1Universal wallet for digital currencyTHC FARM INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 2635US2024064268A1Systems and methods for network-connected image and video captureNO ON ION LLC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2729US2001044862A1Serializing and deserialing parallel information for communication between devices for communicating with peripheral busesFiled 1998·Application pending·0 cites
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