Patent Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation

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Multiple simultaneous unique outputs from a single display pipeline
Inventor: Riach, et al. | Patent Number: 8154556

Unified assembly instruction set for graphics processing
Inventor: Brown, et al. | Patent Number: 8154554

Method and system for integrating a computer mouse function in a mobile communication device
Inventor: Chung | Patent Number: 8150455

Method and system for blending rendered images from multiple applications
Inventor: Diard | Patent Number: 8149247

3D graphics API extension for a packed float image format
Inventor: Kilgard | Patent Number: 8149243

Picture processing using a hybrid system configuration
Inventor: Azar, et al. | Patent Number: 8149234

Pipelined integer division using floating-point reciprocal
Inventor: Juffa | Patent Number: 8140608

Early compression tag lookup for memory accesses
Inventor: Van Dyke, et al. | Patent Number: 8139073

Buffering unit to support graphics processing operations
Inventor: Tao, et al. | Patent Number: 8139071

Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system
Inventor: Molnar, et al. | Patent Number: 8139069

Apparatus, system, method, and computer program product for executing a program utilizing a processor to generate keys for decrypting content
Inventor: Shi, et al. | Patent Number: 8135964

Cache-based control of atomic operations in conjunction with an external ALU block
Inventor: Glasco, et al. | Patent Number: 8135926

Data packer for packing and aligning write data
Inventor: Wong, et al. | Patent Number: 8135885

Internet jack
Inventor: Johnson, et al. | Patent Number: 8135842

Technique for identifying a failed network interface card within a team of network interface cards
Inventor: Manickavasagam, et al. | Patent Number: 8134928

System and method for graphics attribute packing for pixel shader usage
Inventor: Duluk, Jr., et al. | Patent Number: 8134570

Frame buffer region redirection for multiple graphics adapters
Inventor: Iwamoto, et al. | Patent Number: 8134568

Active raster composition and error checking in hardware
Inventor: Riach, et al. | Patent Number: 8134567

Unified assembly instruction set for graphics processing
Inventor: Brown, et al. | Patent Number: 8134566

System, method, and computer program product for driving a display utilizing a compensated refresh rate
Inventor: Han | Patent Number: 8134543

Method and system for loading a secure firmware update on an adapter device of a computer system
Inventor: Wyatt | Patent Number: 8132015

Configurable cache occupancy policy
Inventor: Roberts, et al. | Patent Number: 8131931

System, method, and computer program product for importance sampling of partitioned domains
Inventor: Grunschlo.beta., et al. | Patent Number: 8131770

Processor for video data encoding/decoding
Inventor: Scheuermann | Patent Number: 8130825

Distributed antialiasing in a multiprocessor graphics system
Inventor: Johnson, et al. | Patent Number: 8130227

System and method for structuring an A-buffer to support multi-sample anti-aliasing
Inventor: Danskin | Patent Number: 8130223

Hardware warning protocol for processing units
Inventor: Shebanow, et al. | Patent Number: 8127181

System, method, and computer program product for communicating sub-device state information
Inventor: Carraher, et al. | Patent Number: 8126993

Unified inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) microcode processor engine
Inventor: Zheng, et al. | Patent Number: 8126952

Reconfigurable filter node for an adaptive computing machine
Inventor: Scheuermann, et al. | Patent Number: 8126949

Transmission line common-mode filter
Inventor: Jatou, et al. | Patent Number: 8126402

Multiple simultaneous unique outputs from a single display pipeline
Inventor: Riach, et al. | Patent Number: 8125491

Processing pipeline with latency bypass
Inventor: Holmqvist, et al. | Patent Number: 8125489

Computer system having a combined GPU-video BIOS package
Inventor: Dewey | Patent Number: 8125488

In-situ gain calibration of radio frequency devices using thermal noise
Inventor: Kuo, et al. | Patent Number: 8121221

Method and system of measuring quantitative changes in display frame content for dynamically controlling a display refresh rate
Inventor: Ogrinc, et al. | Patent Number: 8120621

Screen compression for mobile applications
Inventor: Sreenivas, et al. | Patent Number: 8120614

Boundary transition region stitching for tessellation
Inventor: Legakis, et al. | Patent Number: 8120607

Capture system and method equipped with at least one steerable deflecting mirror
Inventor: Luebke | Patent Number: 8118440

System and method for selecting a pixel output format
Inventor: Schwarzer | Patent Number: 8115778

System, method, and computer program product for encoding information in texture maps to enhance texturing
Inventor: Bjorke | Patent Number: 8115775

Filesystem directory debug log
Inventor: Terrell, II | Patent Number: 8112675

Parallel data processing systems and methods using cooperative thread arrays with unique thread identifiers as an input to compute an identifier of a location in a shared memory
Inventor: Nickolls, et al. | Patent Number: 8112614

Method and apparatus for context switching of multiple engines
Inventor: Garlick, et al. | Patent Number: 8108879

Thread-type-based resource allocation in a multithreaded processor
Inventor: Lindholm, et al. | Patent Number: 8108872

Controlling access to memory resources shared among parallel synchronizable threads
Inventor: Le Grand | Patent Number: 8108659

Shared memory with parallel access and access conflict resolution mechanism
Inventor: Coon, et al. | Patent Number: 8108625

Cache-based control of atomic operations in conjunction with an external ALU block
Inventor: Glasco, et al. | Patent Number: 8108610

Cryptographic computations on general purpose graphics processing units
Inventor: Danilak | Patent Number: 8106916

Fused multiply-add functional unit
Inventor: Oberman, et al. | Patent Number: 8106914

Graphical representation of load balancing and overlap
Inventor: Diard | Patent Number: 8106913

Shader program generation system and method
Inventor: Dietrich, Jr., et al. | Patent Number: 8106904

Communication between a processor and a controller
Inventor: Reddy, et al. | Patent Number: 8103803

Cull streams for fine-grained rendering predication
Inventor: Everitt, et al. | Patent Number: 8102393

Display system and method equipped with at least one steerable deflecting mirror
Inventor: Luebke | Patent Number: 8100543

L2 ECC implementation
Inventor: Glasco, et al. | Patent Number: 8099650

Methods for scalably exploiting parallelism in a parallel processing system
Inventor: Nickolls, et al. | Patent Number: 8099584

Software based native command queuing utilizing direct memory access transfer context information
Inventor: Overby, et al. | Patent Number: 8099529

Filtering unit for floating-point texture data
Inventor: Donovan, et al. | Patent Number: 8098257

Power savings in a computing device during video playback
Inventor: Sreenivas, et al. | Patent Number: 8098254

Soldier-on mode to control processor error handling behavior
Inventor: Coon, et al. | Patent Number: 8095829

Multiple simultaneous context architecture for rebalancing contexts on multithreaded processing cores upon a context change
Inventor: Danskin, et al. | Patent Number: 8095782

Low latency synchronous memory performance switching with drift refresh
Inventor: Schulze, et al. | Patent Number: 8095762

Low latency synchronous memory performance switching
Inventor: Schulze, et al. | Patent Number: 8095761

Conserving and shaping address space with arrays
Inventor: Wilt | Patent Number: 8095746

SCSI HBA management using logical units
Inventor: Overby | Patent Number: 8095715

Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions
Inventor: Alfieri, et al. | Patent Number: 8094670

3:2 pulldown detection
Inventor: White, et al. | Patent Number: 8094239

Decompression of block encoded texture data
Inventor: Toksvig, et al. | Patent Number: 8094164

Using programmable constant buffers for multi-threaded processing
Inventor: Allen, et al. | Patent Number: 8094158

Performing an occurence count of radices
Inventor: Le Grand | Patent Number: 8094157

Method for depth peeling and blending
Inventor: Myers, et al. | Patent Number: 8094152

Method for depth peeling and blending
Inventor: Myers, et al. | Patent Number: 8094151

Fan speed control system
Inventor: Wang | Patent Number: 8093854

Thread-type-based load balancing in a multithreaded processor
Inventor: Lindholm, et al. | Patent Number: 8087029

Multiprocessor computing systems with heterogeneous processors
Inventor: Moreton, et al. | Patent Number: 8086828

Systems and methods for coalescing memory accesses of parallel threads
Inventor: Nyland, et al. | Patent Number: 8086806

System and method for low-overhead push buffer jumps
Inventor: Duluk, Jr., et al. | Patent Number: 8085275

Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system
Inventor: Molnar, et al. | Patent Number: 8085272

Tile output using multiple queue output buffering in a raster stage
Inventor: Crow, et al. | Patent Number: 8085264

Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boost
Inventor: Lew, et al. | Patent Number: 8085239

System, method, and computer program product for compensating for crosstalk during the display of stereo content
Inventor: Slavenburg, et al. | Patent Number: 8085217

Connecting a plurality of peripherals
Inventor: Reddy, et al. | Patent Number: 8082381

Pixel shader program thread assembly
Inventor: Nordquist | Patent Number: 8081184

System, method, and computer program product for removing a register of a processor from an active state
Inventor: Tarjan, et al. | Patent Number: 8078844

Data decompression with extra precision
Inventor: Rogers, et al. | Patent Number: 8078656

Adaptive load balancing in a multi processor graphics processing system
Inventor: Diard | Patent Number: 8077181

Hierarchical processor array
Inventor: Lindholm, et al. | Patent Number: 8077174

Managing state information for a multi-threaded processor
Inventor: Nordquist, et al. | Patent Number: 8074224

Disk controller methods and apparatus with improved striping, redundancy operations and interfaces
Inventor: Stolowitz | Patent Number: 8074149

ATA emulation host interface in a RAID controller
Inventor: Stolowitz, et al. | Patent Number: 8073675

System, method, and computer program product for multi-mode network interface operation
Inventor: Minami, et al. | Patent Number: 8073002

Graphics system with virtual memory pages and non-power of two number of memory elements
Inventor: Van Dyke, et al. | Patent Number: 8072463

System, method, and computer program product for preventing display of unwanted content stored in a frame buffer
Inventor: Stam | Patent Number: 8072462

System, method, and computer program product for generating a ray tracing data structure utilizing a parallel processor architecture
Inventor: Lauterbach, et al. | Patent Number: 8072460

Parallel processing system, method, and computer program product for selecting a ray tracing entity from a group of ray tracing entities for processing
Inventor: Aila, et al. | Patent Number: 8072454

Method and system for enabling a device to support enhanced features
Inventor: Cho, et al. | Patent Number: 8069449

Data path controller with integrated power management to manage power consumption of a computing device and its components
Inventor: Simeral, et al. | Patent Number: 8069355

3:2 pulldown detection
Inventor: White, et al. | Patent Number: 8068181

System and method for modifying a number of texture samples for anisotropic texture filtering
Inventor: Toksvig, et al. | Patent Number: 8068118

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