Issued Patents All Time
Showing 26–50 of 54 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6919894 | Unified memory distributed across multiple nodes in a computer graphics system | Byron A. Alcorn | 2005-07-19 |
| 6903744 | Graphics processing system | — | 2005-06-07 |
| 6873331 | System and method for passing messages among processing nodes in a distributed system | Byron A. Alcorn | 2005-03-29 |
| 6842179 | Graphics processing system | — | 2005-01-11 |
| 6724396 | Graphics data storage in a linearly allocated multi-banked memory | Byron A. Alcorn | 2004-04-20 |
| 6683816 | Access control system for multi-banked DRAM memory | Bryan G. Prouty | 2004-01-27 |
| 6680737 | Z test and conditional merger of colliding pixels during batch building | Jon L Ashburn, Byron A. Alcorn | 2004-01-20 |
| 6661424 | Anti-aliasing in a computer graphics system using a texture mapping subsystem to down-sample super-sampled images | Byron A. Alcorn | 2003-12-09 |
| 6657632 | Unified memory distributed across multiple nodes in a computer graphics system | Byron A. Alcorn | 2003-12-02 |
| 6636225 | Managing texture mapping data in a computer graphics system | Byron A. Alcorn | 2003-10-21 |
| 6587112 | Window copy-swap using multi-buffer hardware support | Courtney D. Goeltzenleuchter, Jon L Ashburn | 2003-07-01 |
| 6559852 | Z test and conditional merger of colliding pixels during batch building | Jon L Ashburn, Byron A. Alcorn | 2003-05-06 |
| 6470433 | Modified aggressive precharge DRAM controller | Bryan G. Prouty | 2002-10-22 |
| 6389504 | Updating texture mapping hardware local memory based on pixel information provided by a host computer | Steven P. Tucker, Byron A. Alcorn | 2002-05-14 |
| 6141725 | Updating a local memory based on information provided by a host computer | Steven P. Tucker, Byron A. Alcorn | 2000-10-31 |
| 6000019 | SDRAM data allocation system and method utilizing dual bank storage and retrieval | John Dykstal, Byron A. Alcorn | 1999-12-07 |
| 5917503 | Converging data pipeline device | Khaled Zakharia, Faisal M. Bhamani | 1999-06-29 |
| 5886706 | System for managing texture mapping data in a computer graphics system | Byron A. Alcorn | 1999-03-23 |
| 5860078 | Multiple input two-level cache directory with mini-directory for initial comparisons and main directory for mini-directory misses | — | 1999-01-12 |
| 5801708 | MIP map texture storage by dividing and allocating among multiple blocks | Byron A. Alcorn | 1998-09-01 |
| 5751292 | Texture mapping method and system | — | 1998-05-12 |
| 5745118 | 3D bypass for download of textures | Byron A. Alcorn, Steven P. Tucker | 1998-04-28 |
| 5572657 | Methods and apparatus for graphics block movement in a multi-tasking windows system | David Pinedo, Ronald D. Larson, Byron A. Alcorn, Desi Rhoden | 1996-11-05 |
| 5564009 | Methods and apparatus for burst data block movement in a multi-tasking windows system | David Pinedo, Ronald D. Larson, Byron A. Alcorn, Desi Rhoden | 1996-10-08 |
| 5457482 | Method and apparatus for utilizing off-screen memory as a simultaneously displayable channel | Desi Rhoden | 1995-10-10 |