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Steven E. Molnar
Also filed as: MOLNAR STEVEN · MOLNAR STEVEN E · MOLNAR STEVEN EDWARD
85 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,877 citations·filing 1992–2024
99Inventor score
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87 records- 0198US6825847B1System and method for real-time compression of pixel colorsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 30, 2004·156 cites·66 claims
- 0297US7545382B1Apparatus, system, and method for using page table entries in a graphics system to provide storage format information for address translationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 9, 2009·69 cites·14 claims
- 0397US7511717B1Antialiasing using hybrid supersampling-multisamplingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 31, 2009·38 cites·14 claims
- 0497US6853382B1Controller for a memory system having multiple partitionsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 8, 2005·114 cites·36 claims
- 0596US8669999B2Alpha-to-coverage value determination using virtual samplesDONOVAN WALTER E·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 11, 2014·27 cites·20 claims
- 0696US8228328B1Early Z testing for multiple render targetsFRENCH MARK J·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 24, 2012·53 cites·20 claims
- 0796US6452595B1Integrated graphics processing unit with antialiasingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·121 cites·33 claims
- 0895US8704836B1Distributing primitives to multiple rasterizersRHOADES JOHNNY S·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 22, 2014·55 cites·21 claims
- 0995US7830392B1Connecting multiple pixel shaders to a frame buffer without a crossbarNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 9, 2010·16 cites·10 claims
- 1095US7626588B1Prescient cache managementNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 1, 2009·24 cites·20 claims
- 1195US6967663B1Antialiasing using hybrid supersampling-multisamplingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 22, 2005·114 cites·27 claims
- 1294US8233004B1Color-compression using automatic reduction of multi-sampled pixelsMOLNAR STEVEN E·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 31, 2012·42 cites·16 claims
- 1394US8207975B1Graphics rendering pipeline that supports early-Z and late-Z virtual machinesMOLNAR STEVEN E·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 26, 2012·43 cites·20 claims
- 1494US7728841B1Coherent shader output for multiple targetsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 1, 2010·22 cites·20 claims
- 1593US8928681B1Coalescing to avoid read-modify-write during compressed data operationsEDMONDSON JOHN H·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 6, 2015·13 cites·15 claims
- 1693US7804499B1Variable performance rasterization with constant effortNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 28, 2010·40 cites·15 claims
- 1793US7692659B1Color-compression using automatic reduction of multi-sampled pixelsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 6, 2010·36 cites·20 claims
- 1893US5481669AArchitecture and apparatus for image generation utilizing enhanced memory devicesUNIV NORTH CAROLINA·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 2, 1996·134 cites·15 claims
- 1992US7420568B1System and method for packing data in different formats in a tiled graphics memoryNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 2, 2008·18 cites·14 claims
- 2092US5388206AArchitecture and apparatus for image generationUNIV NORTH CAROLINA·Filed 1992·Granted Feb 7, 1995·121 cites·42 claims
- 2191US8760460B1Hardware-managed virtual buffers using a shared memory for load distributionKILGARIFF EMMETT M·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 24, 2014·41 cites·23 claims
- 2291US7659893B1Method and apparatus to ensure consistency of depth values computed in different sections of a graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 9, 2010·27 cites·19 claims
- 2390US8730249B2Parallel array architecture for a graphics processorDANSKIN JOHN M·Filed 2011·Granted May 20, 2014·6 cites·17 claims
- 2490US8605102B1Rasterization tile coalescer and reorder bufferPURCELL TIMOTHY JOHN·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 10, 2013·27 cites·22 claims
- 2590US7868901B1Method and system for reducing memory bandwidth requirements in an anti-aliasing operationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 11, 2011·9 cites·20 claims
- 2690US7382368B1Planar z representation for z compressionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 3, 2008·61 cites·12 claims
- 2789US8341380B2Efficient memory translator with variable size cache line coverageDEMING JAMES LEROY·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 25, 2012·22 cites·20 claims
- 2889US7616209B1Prescient cache managementNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 10, 2009·9 cites·20 claims
- 2988US9058792B1Coalescing to avoid read-modify-write during compressed data operationsEDMONDSON JOHN H·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 16, 2015·8 cites·14 claims
- 3088US7999820B1Methods and systems for reusing memory addresses in a graphics systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 16, 2011·20 cites·22 claims
- 3187US8941653B2Order-preserving distributed rasterizerNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 27, 2015·8 cites·20 claims
- 3287US8605104B1Threshold-based lossy reduction color compressionMCALLISTER DAVID KIRK·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 10, 2013·19 cites·21 claims
- 3386US8508544B1Small primitive detection to optimize compression and decompression in a graphics processorMOLNAR STEVEN E·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 13, 2013·16 cites·20 claims
- 3485US7400327B1Apparatus, system, and method for a partitioned memoryNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 15, 2008·5 cites·30 claims
- 3585US6954204B2Programmable graphics system and method using flexible, high-precision data formatsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 11, 2005·28 cites·51 claims
- 3684US8330766B1Zero-bandwidth clearsMCALLISTER DAVID KIRK·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 11, 2012·6 cites·20 claims
- 3783US7519797B1Hierarchical multi-precision pipeline countersNIVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 14, 2009·22 cites·9 claims
- 3881US8139069B1Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering systemMOLNAR STEVEN E·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 20, 2012·10 cites·12 claims
- 3981US7859541B2Apparatus, system, and method for using page table entries in a graphics system to provide storage format information for address translationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 28, 2010·9 cites·20 claims
- 4081US7053904B1Position conflict detection and avoidance in a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 30, 2006·28 cites·24 claims
- 4180US8059128B1Apparatus and method for performing blit operations across parallel processorsLEGAKIS JUSTIN S·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 15, 2011·5 cites·5 claims
- 4280US7479965B1Optimized alpha blend for anti-aliased renderNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 20, 2009·9 cites·24 claims
- 4380US7333119B1System and method for virtual coverage anti-aliasingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 19, 2008·21 cites·14 claims
- 4479US8862823B1Compression status cachingGLASCO DAVID B·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 14, 2014·9 cites·23 claims
- 4579US8627041B2Efficient line and page organization for compression status bit cachingGLASCO DAVID B·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 7, 2014·5 cites·20 claims
- 4679US8605086B2Hybrid multisample/supersample antialiasingEVERITT CASS W·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 10, 2013·9 cites·19 claims
- 4779US8228338B1Hardware override of application programming interface programmed stateDULUK JR JEROME F·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 24, 2012·7 cites·10 claims
- 4879US8085272B1Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering systemMOLNAR STEVEN E·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 27, 2011·10 cites·14 claims
- 4979US7369133B1Apparatus, system, and method for a partitioned memory for a graphics systemNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 6, 2008·3 cites·26 claims
- 5079US7286134B1System and method for packing data in a tiled graphics memoryNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 23, 2007·25 cites·21 claims
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