Michael Jay Swift

US Patent:

20180181489, Jun 28, 2018

Filed:

Dec 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/389047

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Owen C. Anderson - San Jose CA, US
Michael J. Swift - Brooklyn NY, US
Aaftab A. Munshi - Los Gatos CA, US
Terence M. Potter - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 12/0815
G06F 12/0811
G06F 12/084

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed relating to memory consistency in a memory hierarchy with relaxed ordering. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first level cache that is shared by a plurality of shader processing elements and a second level cache that is shared by the shader processing elements and at least a texture processing unit. In some embodiments, the apparatus is configured to execute operations specified by graphics instructions that include (1) an attribute of the operation that specifies a type of memory consistency to be imposed for the operation and (2) scope information for the attribute that specifies whether the memory consistency specified by the attribute should be enforced at the first level cache or the second level cache. In some embodiments, the apparatus is configured to determine whether to sequence memory accesses at the first level cache and the second level cache based on the attribute and the scope.

US Patent:

20170358054, Dec 14, 2017

Filed:

Mar 23, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/467268

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Michael Imbrogno - Cupertino CA, US
Gokhan Avkarogullari - San Jose CA, US
Nathaniel C. Begeman - Cupertino CA, US
Sean M. Gies - Cupertino CA, US
Michael J. Swift - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

G06T 1/60
G06T 15/00
G06T 1/20

Abstract:

One disclosed embodiment is directed to graphics processing method for displaying a user interface. The method includes executing a plurality of graphic processing operation in a single rendering pass. The rendering pass includes several render targets. At least one of the render targets is designated as a memory-less render target. The memory-less render target is used to store intermediate data. The intermediate data is combined with the outcome of at least one other graphics processing operation to generate a combined result. The combined result is stored in the frame buffer memory for display.

US Patent:

20140199768, Jul 17, 2014

Filed:

Mar 18, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/217478

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Finley Miller - Huntington Beach CA, US
Michael R. Swift - Enfield CT, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G01N 21/78
G01N 31/22

US Classification:

436 1, 422408

Abstract:

A device indicates the location of an air leak in a vacuum bag used to process composite parts. The device includes a layer of material on the inner face of the bag that changes in appearance due to an oxidation-reduction reaction in areas of the layer exposed to oxygen caused by a leak in the bag.