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Michael D. Asal
Also filed as: ASAL MICHAEL · ASAL MICHAEL D
38 granted patents·4 pending applications·979 citations·filing 1985–2006
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42 records- 0196US4752893AGraphics data processing apparatus having image operations with transparent color having a selectable number of bitsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1985·Granted Jun 21, 1988·159 cites·10 claims
- 0292US5329617AGraphics processor nonconfined address calculation systemTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 12, 1994·120 cites·8 claims
- 0379US5546553AMultifunctional access devices, systems and methodsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 13, 1996·37 cites·43 claims
- 0478US4933878AGraphics data processing apparatus having non-linear saturating operations on multibit color dataTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1989·Granted Jun 12, 1990·37 cites·23 claims
- 0577US5696924AMemory access circuit with address translation performing auto increment of translated address on writes and return to translated address on readsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 9, 1997·37 cites·4 claims
- 0675US5269021AMultiprocessor software interface for a graphics processor subsystem employing partially linked dynamic load modules which are downloaded and fully linked at run timeTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1989·Granted Dec 7, 1993·56 cites·11 claims
- 0774US5940610AUsing prioritized interrupt callback routines to process different types of multimedia informationBROOKTREE CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 17, 1999·51 cites·1 claims
- 0874US5140687AData processing apparatus with self-emulation capabilityTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 18, 1992·49 cites·21 claims
- 0972US5095301AGraphics processing apparatus having color expand operation for drawing color graphics from monochrome dataTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Mar 10, 1992·40 cites·50 claims
- 1071US7917753B2Transferring control between programs of different security levelsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 29, 2011·5 cites·27 claims
- 1170US7581082B2Software source transfer selects instruction word sizesTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 25, 2009·5 cites·3 claims
- 1269US7698544B2Automatic halting of a processor in debug mode due to resetTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 13, 2010·4 cites·18 claims
- 1365US7673119B2VLIW optional fetch packet header extends instruction set spaceTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 2, 2010·3 cites·24 claims
- 1464US5341470AComputer graphics systems, palette devices and methods for shift clock pulse insertion during blankingTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Aug 23, 1994·27 cites·11 claims
- 1561US5056041AData processing apparatus with improved bit masking capabilityTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1989·Granted Oct 8, 1991·29 cites·27 claims
- 1659US5696923AGraphics processor writing to shadow register at predetermined address simultaneously with writing to control registerTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 9, 1997·20 cites·5 claims
- 1758US5309551ADevices, systems and methods for palette pass-through modeTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted May 3, 1994·21 cites·43 claims
- 1855US5077678AGraphics data processor with window checking for determining whether a point is within a windowTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Dec 31, 1991·22 cites·33 claims
- 1954US5249266AData processing apparatus with self-emulation capabilityTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 28, 1993·28 cites·42 claims
- 2053US5287100AGraphics systems, palettes and methods with combined video and shift clock controlTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Feb 15, 1994·18 cites·41 claims
- 2152US6189077B1Two computer access circuit using address translation into common register fileTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 13, 2001·15 cites·6 claims
- 2250US5142621AGraphics processing apparatus having instruction which operates separately on X and Y coordinates of pixel location registersTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Aug 25, 1992·18 cites·12 claims
- 2349US6154824AMultifunctional access devices, systems and methodsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 28, 2000·10 cites·15 claims
- 2449US5294918AGraphics processing apparatus having color expand operation for drawing color graphics from monochrome dataTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1991·Granted Mar 15, 1994·14 cites·5 claims
- 2549US5162784AGraphics data processing apparatus with draw and advance operationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 10, 1992·10 cites·5 claims
- 2648US5185859AGraphics processor, a graphics computer system, and a process of masking selected bitsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 9, 1993·22 cites·24 claims
- 2747US5317333AGraphics data processing apparatus with draw and advance operationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1992·Granted May 31, 1994·9 cites·30 claims
- 2846US5717904AApparatus and methods for automatically controlling block writesBROOKTREE CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 10, 1998·24 cites·28 claims
- 2946US5715437ASystem for, and method of, processing in hardware commands received from software without polling of the hardware by the softwareBROOKTREE CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 3, 1998·18 cites·104 claims
- 3046US5283863AProcess for effecting an array move instruction, a graphics computer system, a display system, a graphics processor and graphics display systemTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 1, 1994·12 cites·22 claims
- 3145US5636335AGraphics computer system having a second palette shadowing data in a first paletteTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 3, 1997·8 cites·13 claims
- 3245US5333261AGraphics processing apparatus having instruction which operates separately on X and Y coordinates of pixel location registersTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 26, 1994·17 cites·35 claims
- 3343US5923340AProcess of processing graphics dataTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 13, 1999·9 cites·10 claims
- 3442US5375198AProcess for performing a windowing operation in an array move, a graphics computer system, a display system, a graphic processor and a graphics display systemTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 20, 1994·7 cites·35 claims
- 3542US2003182511A1Apparatus and method for resolving an instruction conflict in a software pipeline nested loop procedure in a digital signal processorFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 3642US2003120899A1Apparatus and method for processing an interrupt in a software pipeline loop procedure in a digital signal processorFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 3742US2003120905A1Apparatus and method for executing a nested loop program with a software pipeline loop procedure in a digital signal processorFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 3842US2003154469A1Apparatus and method for improved execution of a software pipeline loop procedure in a digital signal processorFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 3941USRE34881EGraphics data processing apparatus having image operations with transparent color having selectable number of bitsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Mar 21, 1995·8 cites·11 claims
- 4036US5437011AGraphics computer system, a graphics system arrangement, a display system, a graphics processor and a method of processing graphic dataTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 25, 1995·5 cites·30 claims
- 4132US4849920AApparatus for locating and representing the position of an end "1" bit of a number in a multi-bit number formatTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1986·Granted Jul 18, 1989·4 cites·7 claims
- 4229US5627568ADisplay buffer using minimum number of VRAMsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1992·Granted May 6, 1997·1 cites·20 claims
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