Issued Patents All Time
Showing 1–25 of 25 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12271765 | Techniques for efficiently synchronizing multiple program threads | Ajay Sudarshan Tirumala, Olivier Giroux, Peter Nelson, Ankita Upreti, Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos +2 more | 2025-04-08 |
| 11055097 | Dynamically detecting uniformity and eliminating redundant computations to reduce power consumption | John H. Edmondson, John Burgess, Robert Ohannessian | 2021-07-06 |
| 10346212 | Approach for a configurable phase-based priority scheduler | Jack Choquette, Olivier Giroux, Robert J. Stoll, John Erik Lindholm | 2019-07-09 |
| 8949841 | Approach for a configurable phase-based priority scheduler | Jack Choquette, Olivier Giroux, Robert J. Stoll, John Erik Lindholm | 2015-02-03 |
| 8379033 | Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system | Steven E. Molnar, Cass W. Everitt, Roger L. Allen, John M. Danskin | 2013-02-19 |
| 8159496 | Subdividing a shader program | John Erik Lindholm, Brett W. Coon | 2012-04-17 |
| 8139069 | Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system | Steven E. Molnar, Cass W. Everitt, Roger L. Allen, John M. Danskin | 2012-03-20 |
| 8085272 | Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system | Steven E. Molnar, Cass W. Everitt, Roger L. Allen, John M. Danskin, Adam Clark Weitkemper +1 more | 2011-12-27 |
| 7949855 | Scheduler in multi-threaded processor prioritizing instructions passing qualification rule | Peter C. Mills, John Erik Lindholm, Brett W. Coon, John Burgess | 2011-05-24 |
| 7852340 | Scalable shader architecture | Rui M. Bastos, Karim M. Abdalla, Christian Rouet, Michael J. M. Toksvig, Johnny S. Rhoades +6 more | 2010-12-14 |
| 7634621 | Register file allocation | Brett W. Coon, John Erik Lindholm, Svetoslav D. Tzvetkov, John R. Nickolls, Ming Y. Siu | 2009-12-15 |
| 7542043 | Subdividing a shader program | John Erik Lindholm, Brett W. Coon | 2009-06-02 |
| 7508398 | Transparent antialiased memory access | John S. Montrym, Brian D. Hutsell, Steven E. Molnar, Christopher T. Cheng, Emmett M. Kilgariff +1 more | 2009-03-24 |
| 7385607 | Scalable shader architecture | Rui M. Bastos, Karim M. Abdalla, Christian Rouet, Michael J. M. Toksvig, Johnny S. Rhoades +6 more | 2008-06-10 |
| 7366878 | Scheduling instructions from multi-thread instruction buffer based on phase boundary qualifying rule for phases of math and data access operations with better caching | Peter C. Mills, John Erik Lindholm, Brett W. Coon, John Burgess | 2008-04-29 |
| 6980208 | System and method for enhancing depth value processing in a graphics pipeline | John S. Montrym, Jonah M. Alben, Sean J. Treichler, John M. Danskin | 2005-12-27 |
| 6959110 | Multi-mode texture compression algorithm | John M. Danskin, Murali Sundaresan | 2005-10-25 |
| 6677953 | Hardware viewport system and method for use in a graphics pipeline | Kirk Twardowski | 2004-01-13 |
| 6088701 | Command data transport to a graphics processing device from a CPU performing write reordering operations | Kenneth M. Whaley | 2000-07-11 |
| 5870102 | Texture compositing apparatus and method | Scott Sellers, James E. Margeson, III | 1999-02-09 |
| 5831624 | Level of detail texture filtering with dithering and mipmaps | Scott Sellers, James E. Margeson, III | 1998-11-03 |
| 5822452 | System and method for narrow channel compression | Scott Sellers, James E. Margeson, III, Murali Sundaresan | 1998-10-13 |
| 5740343 | Texture compositing apparatus and method | Scott Sellers, James E. Margeson, III | 1998-04-14 |
| 5724561 | System and method for efficiently determining a fog blend value in processing graphical images | Scott Sellers | 1998-03-03 |
| 5657047 | Method and apparatus for zooming images on a video display | — | 1997-08-12 |