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Ian D. Kountanis
Also filed as: KOUNTANIS IAN · KOUNTANIS IAN D
34 granted patents·6 pending applications·101 citations·filing 2010–2025
96Inventor score
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40 records- 0191US11468168B1Systems and methods for optimizing authentication branch instructionsAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 11, 2022·10 cites·20 claims
- 0291US10691457B1Register allocation using physical register file bypassAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 23, 2020·8 cites·20 claims
- 0391US10223123B1Methods for partially saving a branch predictor stateAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 5, 2019·10 cites·20 claims
- 0490US10719327B1Branch prediction systemAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 21, 2020·10 cites·18 claims
- 0590US10445102B1Next fetch prediction return tableAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 15, 2019·10 cites·20 claims
- 0689US12067399B2Conditional instructions predictionAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 20, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 0789US11809874B2Conditional instructions distribution and execution on pipelines having different latencies for mispredictionsAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 7, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 0889US11449343B2Indirect branch predictor storing encrypted branch information fields and security tag for security protectionAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 20, 2022·5 cites·20 claims
- 0989US11379240B2Indirect branch predictor based on register operandsAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 5, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 1088US10346309B1Sequential prefetch boostAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 9, 2019·7 cites·20 claims
- 1186US10901484B2Fetch predition circuit for reducing power consumption in a processorAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 26, 2021·3 cites·20 claims
- 1285US2025378157A1Systems and Methods for Optimizing Authentication Branch InstructionsAPPLE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1382US8914580B2Reducing cache power consumption for sequential accessesGOEL RAJAT·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 16, 2014·8 cites·19 claims
- 1479US10175982B1Storing taken branch informationAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 8, 2019·3 cites·20 claims
- 1577US12430134B2Instruction fetch using a sequential prediction circuitAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Granted Sep 30, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1675US2025321744A1Using a Next Fetch Predictor Circuit with Short Branches and Return Fetch GroupsAPPLE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1773US12450068B2Biased conditional instruction predictionAPPLE INC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 21, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1873US12423408B1Systems and methods for optimizing authentication branch instructionsAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 23, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1973US12373217B2Indirect branch predictor storing encrypted branch information fieldsAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 29, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2073US9753733B2Methods, apparatus, and processors for packing multiple iterations of loop in a loop bufferBLASCO-ALLUE CONRADO·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 5, 2017·4 cites·18 claims
- 2173US9524011B2Instruction loop buffer with tiered power savingsAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 20, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 2272US9557999B2Loop buffer learningBLASCO-ALLUE CONRADO·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 31, 2017·4 cites·19 claims
- 2372US2025231767A1Program Counter Zero-Cycle LoadsAPPLE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2471US2024385842A1Conditional Instructions PredictionAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2569US11941401B1Instruction fetch using a return prediction circuitAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 26, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2669US10241557B2Reducing power consumption in a processorAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 26, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 2768US9626185B2IT instruction pre-decodeAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 18, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 2867US9632791B2Cache for patterns of instructions with multiple forward control transfersAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 25, 2017·2 cites·18 claims
- 2965US12373215B2Using a next fetch predictor circuit with short branches and return fetch groupsAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 29, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3065US12288070B1Program counter zero-cycle loadsAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 29, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 3163US9201658B2Branch predictor for wide issue, arbitrarily aligned fetch that can cross cache line boundariesKOUNTANIS IAN D·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 1, 2015·2 cites·17 claims
- 3262US9471322B2Early loop buffer mode entry upon number of mispredictions of exit condition exceeding thresholdAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 18, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 3357US11093249B2Methods for partially preserving a branch predictor stateAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 17, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3456US12353882B1Next fetch prediction using historyAPPLE INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 8, 2025·0 cites·17 claims
- 3554US12236244B1Multi-degree branch predictorAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 25, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3653US11630670B2Multi-table signature prefetchAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 18, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3749US2016048395A1Branch Predictor for Wide Issue, Arbitrarily Aligned FetchAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 3846US11294684B2Indirect branch predictor for dynamic indirect branchesAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 5, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 3938US10678542B2Non-shifting reservation stationAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 9, 2020·0 cites·14 claims
- 4037US2012079249A1Training Decode Unit for Previously-Detected Instruction TypeLIEN WEI-HAN·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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