User selectable feature set for a flash ROM based peripheral
There is a need for a method and an apparatus for providing a programmable device with operational parameters applicable to successive operational environments. The method should allow a predetermined... Read More
Inventors: Luciani, Luis E.; Dykes, Don A.;, Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation (Houston, TX) |
Flexible resource access in a microprocessor
The problems outlined above are in large part solved by resource allocation within a microprocessor in accordance with the present invention. All resources of a microprocessor are defined as special r... Read More
Inventors: Mahalingaiah, Rupaka;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Multiple thread micro-sequencer apparatus and method with a single processor
An object of the invention is that multiple threads including different input/output functionality are processed through a single micro-sequencer and processor. The present invention is a micro-sequen... Read More
Inventors: Gravenstein, Martin G.; Vigil, Michael A.; Jaeckel, Silvia E.;, Assignee: Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) |
RISC CPU instructions particularly suited for decoding digital signal processing applications
The invention addresses these and other problems associated with the prior art by providing a circuit arrangement and method that utilize a distributed extensible processing architecture to allocate v... Read More
Inventors: Gadre, Shirish; Khurshid, Mazin S.;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Sony Electronics Inc. (Park Ridge, NJ) |
Combustion monitoring system
This invention provides a monitoring system that is particularly well suited for use to sense combustion of a cloud seeding generator. Combustion is monitored to assure proper operation of the generat... Read More
Inventors: Solheim, Fredrick S.; Erb, Lee A.;, Assignee: |
Electrical device termination high temperature indicator
We claim: 1. A high temperature indicator for an electrical power circuit connected to at least one termination, comprising: on/off indicating means; a thermistor electrically coupled in series with s... Read More
Inventors: Kornrumpf, William P.; Harnden, Jr., John D.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Hand held printer and printing guide
OF THE DRAWINGS Now, with more particular reference to the drawings, a printing toy is disclosed generally referred to as 10. The printer 10 has a print dial 11 which has a disk like shape and rotate... Read More
Inventors: Lohr, Raymond J.;, Assignee: |
Microprocessor having branch prediction function
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a microprocessor having an improved branch prediction function. Another object of the present invention is to provide a microprocessor in wh... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Nariko;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Remotely accessing intelligent network channel terminating equipment device
Referring to FIG. 1, a Switched Access Remote Test System (SARTS) 10 can be coupled to a Work Manager 12, a test station 14 which can be at a different location, and to a central office 16, via priva... Read More
Inventors: Ackroff, John M.; Domangue, James C.;, Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Asynchronous transfer mode communication with inverse multiplexing over multiple communication links
FIG. 1 illustrates a communication network 20 for one embodiment. The communication network 20 comprises a set of communication nodes 22-32 coupled for communication over a set of communication links... Read More
Inventors: Sathe, Shirish K.; Corbalis, Charles M.; Schmidt, Uri; Moley, Richard M.;, Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Automatic A/D converter operation with selectable result format
What is claimed is: 1. An analog-to-digital conversion system comprising: (a) an address bus; (b) an N-bit data bus; (c) an analog input terminal; (d) a sample and hold circuit having an input coupled... Read More
Inventors: Campbell, Jr., Jules D.; Shaw, Craig D.; Huston, William DeWitt;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Fiber optical bypass switch
The present invention is directed to a fiber optical bypass relay or switch in which incoming and outgoing line fibers are selectively connected to the subscriber fibers for the subscriber station and... Read More
Inventors: Winzer, Gerhard;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin and Munich, DE) |
Optical fiber switch
The reader should refer to FIGS. 1 through 3 during the following description. For convenience, the same designation numbers are used in each of the figures when referring to the same element. A side... Read More
Inventors: Kraetsch, Richard T.; Pimpinella, Richard J.; Schaper, Leonard W.; Tai, King L.;, Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Speed-deceleration warning system for motor vehicles
An object of this invention is to provide a system for sending a warning to the driver if speed-deceleration of a vehicle does not reach an expected value although hydraulic brake pressure rises over ... Read More
Inventors: Nakamura, Hiroyuki; Kawaguchi, Hiroshi; Nishiwaki, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JA) |
Data bus arrangement with improved speed and timing
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system which enables increased data transfer speed using simple hardware arrangements. In brief, to speed up data transfer, one embodiment of the ... Read More
Inventors: Watanabe, Nobuhisa;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (JP) |
Partial decode shifter/rotator
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A circuit for one of shifting and rotating an input N-bit binary word, comprising: means for de... Read More
Inventors: Cook, Peter W.; Montoye, Robert K.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Portable computer resetting resume error caused from HDD loaded condition being changed and starting OS
The object of the invention is to provide a portable computer having a hard disk loading/unloading mechanism and capable of performing a resume function, which can activate the operating system (OS) e... Read More
Inventors: Nakajima, Shuzo;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Programmable voltage offset circuit
What is claimed is: 1. Apparatus for simultaneously producing several offset voltages, comprising: several programmable voltage offset circuits, each comprising: a digital latch memory; coupled to an ... Read More
Inventors: McNutt, Michael J.;, Assignee: Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation (Detroit, MI) |
Memory pack
An object of the invention is to provide a memory pack having a light emission element which is energized to produce light when the memory pack is correctly coupled with an electronic cash register so... Read More
Inventors: Hamano, Koichi; Morimoto, Takao; Watanabe, Junko; Ono, Kaoru; Yagi, Norio;, Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Cartridge alignment mechanism for tape drive
Accordingly, it is the primary object of the present invention to provide an improved cartridge tape drive. Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved tape drive which will fit ... Read More
Inventors: Jacobs, Lynn C.; Irvin, Ronald D.; Offerman, Karl B.;, Assignee: Cipher Data Products, Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Method for performing rotate through carry using a 32 bit barrel shifter and counter
A method for using for a microprocessor execution unit architecture to perform a rotate through carry operation is disclosed. The architecture is generally described as having an arithmetic unit and a... Read More
Inventors: Tam, Hon-Kai John;, Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Parallel processing circuits for high speed calculation of the dot product of large dimensional vectors
It is the primary object of the present invention to provide an improved digital signal processing system for high speed multiplication and addition. It is another object of the present invention to p... Read More
Inventors: Schlunt, Richard S.;, Assignee: General Dynamics Corp., Pomona Div. (Pomona, CA) |
Binary shifter
In the preferred embodiment, the present invention allows the shifting of a 64-bit binary word by 0 to 63 bits by using a shifter which is only capable of shifting up to 32 bits in one cycle or pass. ... Read More
Inventors: Tamura, Leilani; Vo, Thang;, Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Sign-extension of immediate constants in an alu
Sign-extension is combined with a Boolean operation in a truth-table. Accordingly a signed binary operand does not have to be explicitly sign-extended in a separate sign-extend unit as required by the... Read More
Inventors: Cohen, Earl T.;, Assignee: Exponential Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Assembly for removably connecting data storage devices
The foregoing problems are solved and a technical advance is achieved by an assembly for removably connecting data storage devices that enables rapid and reliable replacement of storage devices withou... Read More
Inventors: Womble, J. Scott; Kuchar, Jr., Francis A.; Dewitt, John R.; Neer, Jay H.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, NY) |
Methods and apparatus for fordwarding buffered store data on an out-of-order execution computer system
In the following description for purposes of explanation, specific numbers, materials and configurations are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, ... Read More
Inventors: Abramson, Jeffrey M.; Akkary, Haitham; Glew, Andrew F.; Hinton, Glenn J.; Konigsfeld, Kris G.; Madland, Paul D.; Papworth, David B.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method and apparatus for accommodating different issue width implementations of VLIW architectures
A method and apparatus which permits a computer system to execute variable size instruction bundles is disclosed. A processor fetches the number of instructions it can issue in a cycle from an instruc... Read More
Inventors: O'Connor, Dennis M.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method and apparatus for processing page selection in a document processing language
Accordingly, it is one object of the present invention to process a hierarchically structured page description language to determine the selected pages. It is a further object of this invention to use... Read More
Inventors: Motoyama, Tetsuro;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Ricoh Corporation (San Jose, CA) |
Method and apparatus for backup in a multi-memory device
This invention aims at solving the foregoing problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-memory apparatus and methods which can maintain synchronous as well as parallel opera... Read More
Inventors: Hatashita, Toyohito; Taura, Motoharu; Shimizu, Toshihiko; Umeoka, Hiroshi;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for processing both still and moving visual pattern images
The present invention overcomes the shortcomings of conventional coding and decoding techniques, and more particularly overcomes the problems associated with BTC and VQ coding schemes used with digita... Read More
Inventors: Bovik, Alan C.; Chen, Dapang;, Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX) |
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