Steve C Novak

US Patent:

58095225, Sep 15, 1998

Filed:

Dec 18, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/573622

Inventors:

Steve Novak - San Jose CA
Hong-Yi Chen - Fremont CA

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 1200
G06F 1300

US Classification:

711118

Abstract:

An x86 microprocessor system with a process identification system which stores a number assigned to each process run by the microprocessor system and associates this number with instructions, data, and information fetched and stored in a cache or translation lookaside buffer (TLB) during the execution of the process. Upon a process or context switch, the instructions, data, and information are not automatically flushed from the cache and TLB. The instructions, data, and information are replaced only when instructions, data, and information for a new process require the same cache memory locations or the same TLB memory location. The cache and TLB may include a valid bit block and a tag block that includes memory locations for storing the pertinent process identification number for each entry. The cache, which may be a set associative cache, and TLB include logic for comparing a process identification number stored in a process identification register with the process identification number stored in the tag block.

US Patent:

20140273856, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 13, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/209988

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Ken Kveton - Mountain View CA, US
Mike Bourdess - Mountain View CA, US
John Wolcott - Banks OR, US
Steve Novak - South Lake Tahoe CA, US
Roger D. Isaac - San Jose CA, US
Gary D. McCormack - Tigard OR, US

Assignee:

WAVECONNEX, INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04W 4/00

US Classification:

455 412

Abstract:

Embodiments discussed herein refer to systems, methods, and circuits for establishing EHF contactless communications links. The EHF contactless communication link may serve as an alternative to conventional board-to-board and device-to-device connectors. The link may be a low-latency protocol-transparent communication link capable of supporting a range of data rates. The link may be established through a close proximity coupling between devices, each including at least one EHF communication unit. Each EHF unit involved in establishing an EHF communication link may progress through a series of steps before data can be transferred between the devices. These steps may be controlled by one or more state machines that are being implemented in each EHF communication unit.