Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 014646/0167
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Recorded: 2003-11-10
Pages: 15
Assignor
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
Executed: 2003-08-13
Assignee
NVIDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
C/0 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (CORPORATE SERVICE LTD) THE FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTER ERIN COURT BISHOP'S COURT HILL, ATTENTION CLAUDIA CLARK, ST. MICHAEL, WI, BARBADOS
Covered Properties
(97)
Method and Apparatus for Producing Perception of High Quality Grayscale Shading on Digitally Commanded Displays
Patent:
5,185,602 →
Application:
07/335,622 →
Addressing Technique for Transparently Extending Data Processing System Address Space
Patent:
5,032,981 →
Application:
07/336,386 →
System for Raster Imaging with Automatic Centering and Image Compression
Patent:
5,293,474 →
Application:
07/771,875 →
Apparatus for Shade Gradation Enhancement and Flicker Reduction in Mul Tishade Displays.
Patent:
5,313,224 →
Application:
07/865,091 →
Dithering Process for Producing Shaded Images on Display Screens
Patent:
5,748,163 →
Application:
08/061,804 →
Apparatus and Method for Testing Packaged Integrated Circuits
Patent:
5,420,506 →
Application:
08/079,623 →
Managing Audio Data Using a Graphics Display Controller
Patent:
5,553,220 →
Application:
08/118,153 →
Image Rotation for Video Displays
Patent:
6,208,325 →
Application:
08/130,255 →
Dual Display Video Controller
Patent:
6,215,459 →
Application:
08/130,577 →
System for Running Incompatible Graphics Programs
Patent:
5,412,800 →
Application:
08/134,509 →
Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Providing Multiple Video Data Streams from a Single Source
Patent:
5,455,626 →
Application:
08/152,182 →
System for Raster Imaging with Automatic Centering and Image Compression
Patent:
5,422,996 →
Application:
08/164,312 →
Flexible Graphics Interface for Multiple Display Modes
Patent:
5,436,641 →
Application:
08/205,887 →
Pcmcia Video Card
Patent:
5,642,139 →
Application:
08/235,761 →
Method and Apparatus for Correcting Errors in Pixel Characteristics When Interpolating Polygons into a Pixel Grid
Patent:
5,625,768 →
Application:
08/299,739 →
Method and Apparatus for Generating Hardware Icons and Cursors
Patent:
5,668,571 →
Application:
08/316,014 →
Graphics Accelerator with Dual Memory Controllers
Patent:
5,664,162 →
Application:
08/333,628 →
Memory Bandwidth Optimization
Patent:
5,611,041 →
Application:
08/359,315 →
System and Method for Displaying Closed Caption Data on a Pc Monitor
Patent:
5,543,850 →
Application:
08/373,617 →
Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Controlling Graphics and Video Data in Multimedia Data Processing and Display Systems
Patent:
5,598,525 →
Application:
08/376,919 →
Method and Apparatus for Automatically Maintaining a Predetermined Image Quality in a Display System
Patent:
6,121,949 →
Application:
08/382,355 →
An Adapter for Detecting Whether a Peripheral Is Standard or Multimedia Type Format and Selectively Switching the Peripheral to Couple or Bypass the System Bus
Patent:
5,630,174 →
Application:
08/383,582 →
Video Processing Apparatus, Systems and Methods
Patent:
5,581,280 →
Application:
08/402,931 →
Video Processing Methods
Patent:
5,577,203 →
Application:
08/402,934 →
Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Dithering
Patent:
5,712,657 →
Application:
08/412,158 →
Method and Apparatus for Monitoring a Row Address Strobe Signal in a Graphics Controller
Patent:
5,680,591 →
Application:
08/412,500 →
Programmable Core-Voltage Solution for a Video Controller
Patent:
6,078,319 →
Application:
08/423,251 →
Animated Texture Map Apparatus and Method for 3-D Image Displays
Patent:
5,630,043 →
Application:
08/439,247 →
Apparatus and Method for Producing Shaded Images on Display Screens
Patent:
5,751,265 →
Application:
08/442,836 →
Technique and Apparatus for Color Expansion into a Non-Aligned 24 Bit Rgb Color-Space Format
Patent:
5,699,498 →
Application:
08/447,493 →
Apparatus and Menthod for Providing Multiple Video Data Streams from a Single Source
Patent:
5,543,842 →
Application:
08/474,262 →
Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Generating Displays from Dual Source Composite Data Streams
Patent:
5,539,464 →
Application:
08/475,382 →
An Improved Method and Apparatus for Reading Ahead Dispplay Data into a Display Fifi Graphics Controller
Patent:
5,657,055 →
Application:
08/477,019 →
Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Providing Multiple Video Data Streams from a Single Source
Patent:
5,539,465 →
Application:
08/478,937 →
An Apparatus and Method for Horizontally and Vertically Positioning a Vga Display Image on the Screen of a Flat Panel Display
Patent:
5,682,170 →
Application:
08/509,651 →
64 Bit Wide Video Front Cache
Patent:
5,742,298 →
Application:
08/514,887 →
Transaction Queue in a Graphics Controller Chip
Patent:
5,748,920 →
Application:
08/536,689 →
Method and Apparatus for Minimizing Effects of Slope Overload Condition When Using Differential Pulse Code Modulation Scheme
Patent:
5,850,207 →
Application:
08/561,726 →
Method and Apparatus for Prefetching a Next Instruction Using Display List Processing in a Graphics Processor
Patent:
5,917,505 →
Application:
08/574,835 →
Method and Apparatus for Dynamic Object Identification After Z-Collision
Patent:
5,812,138 →
Application:
08/574,889 →
Tiled Memory Addressing with Programmable Tile Dimensions
Patent:
5,815,168 →
Application:
08/576,871 →
Video Port Interface Supporting Multiple Data Formats
Patent:
5,850,266 →
Application:
08/576,942 →
Dynamic Arbitration Priority
Patent:
5,740,383 →
Application:
08/577,351 →
Sdram Dimm Presence Detect Interface
Patent:
5,862,320 →
Application:
08/577,579 →
Method and Apparatus for Optimizing Pixel Data Write Operations to a Tile Based Frame Buffer
Patent:
5,754,191 →
Application:
08/577,988 →
Software Teletext Decoder Architecture
Patent:
5,835,153 →
Application:
08/579,070 →
Requesting Device Capable of Canceling Its Memory Access Requests Upon Detecting Other Specific Requesting Devices Simultaneously Asserting Access Requests
Patent:
5,748,968 →
Application:
08/583,390 →
Method and Apparatus for Automatically Maintaining a Predetermined Image Quality in a Display System
Patent:
6,075,513 →
Application:
08/624,188 →
Method and Apparatus for Executing a Raster Operation in a Graphics Controller Circuit
Patent:
5,959,637 →
Application:
08/667,248 →
Priority Storage System for Fast Memory Devices
Patent:
6,121,974 →
Application:
08/670,299 →
Object Referenced Memory Segmentation
Patent:
5,798,763 →
Application:
08/671,138 →
Method and Apparatus for Asynchronous Display of Graphic Images
Patent:
6,542,150 →
Application:
08/671,873 →
System and Method of Rendering Polygons into a Pixel Grid
Patent:
5,936,635 →
Application:
08/671,977 →
Apparatus for Dynamic Xy Tiled Texture Caching
Patent:
5,828,382 →
Application:
08/691,762 →
Interpolation Rendering of Polygons into a Pixel Grid
Patent:
5,684,941 →
Application:
08/702,868 →
Method and Apparatus for Providing Lcd Panel Protection in an Lcd Display Controller
Patent:
6,310,599 →
Application:
08/704,842 →
Method of Obtaining a Buffer of Contiguous Memory and Building a Page Table That Is Accessible by a Peripheral Graphics Device
Patent:
5,987,582 →
Application:
08/724,566 →
Dynamic Switching of Texture Mip-Maps Based on Pixel Depth Value
Patent:
5,973,701 →
Application:
08/724,616 →
Pcmcia Video Card
Patent:
6,023,266 →
Application:
08/764,876 →
Enhanced Texture Map Data Fetching Circuit and Method
Patent:
5,831,640 →
Application:
08/770,453 →
Tiled Linear Host Texture Storage
Patent:
5,844,576 →
Application:
08/773,921 →
Non-Homegenous Second Order Perspective Texture Mapping Using Linear Interpolation Parameters
Patent:
5,835,097 →
Application:
08/774,787 →
Circuit for Determinig Non-Homogenous Second Order Perspective Texture Mapping Coordinates Using Linear Interpolation
Patent:
6,052,127 →
Application:
08/777,556 →
Method for Computing Parameters Used in a Non-Homogeneous Second Order Perspective Texture Mapping Process Using Interpolation
Patent:
5,841,442 →
Application:
08/777,558 →
Texture Map Storage with Uv Remapping
Patent:
5,929,869 →
Application:
08/811,491 →
Method and System for Efficient Register Sorting for Three Dimensional Graphics
Patent:
5,949,421 →
Application:
08/828,528 →
Dynamically Selectable Texture Filter for Computer Graphics
Patent:
6,130,674 →
Application:
08/831,283 →
Method and Apparatus for Internally Caching the Minimum and Maximum Xy Pixel Address Values in a Graphics Subsystem
Patent:
5,940,090 →
Application:
08/852,468 →
Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Adjusting the Number of Stages of a Multiple Stage Pipeline
Patent:
5,778,250 →
Application:
08/854,654 →
Method and Apparatus for Optimizing Power Consumption and Memory Bandwidth in a Video Controller Using Sgram and Sdram Power Reduction Modes
Patent:
5,881,016 →
Application:
08/874,657 →
Plug and Play System Using Proxy for Retrieving Correct Information About Current Device from System Registry When Current Device Is Not the Newly Installed Device
Patent:
6,032,201 →
Application:
08/878,936 →
Memory Manager for Multi- Media Apparatus and Method Therefor
Patent:
6,266,753 →
Application:
08/890,825 →
System and Method of Synchronizing Multiple Buffers for Display
Patent:
5,969,728 →
Application:
08/892,073 →
Crt to Fpd Conversion/Protection Apparatus and Method
Patent:
6,115,032 →
Application:
08/909,251 →
Polarity Synchronization Method and Apparatus for Video Signals in a Computer System
Patent:
5,859,635 →
Application:
08/922,524 →
Chroma-Keyed Specular Texture Mapping in a Graphics Processor
Patent:
6,054,993 →
Application:
08/932,402 →
Selectable Mode Smoothing Texture Filter for Computer Graphics
Patent:
6,181,347 →
Application:
08/932,760 →
Host Dma Through Subsystem Xy Processing
Patent:
6,088,046 →
Application:
08/942,779 →
Auto Level of Detail-Based Mip Mapping in a Graphics Processor
Patent:
5,986,663 →
Application:
08/948,626 →
Improved Mip Map Blending in a Graphics Processor
Patent:
6,157,386 →
Application:
08/949,177 →
Arbitration for Shared Graphics Processing Resources
Patent:
6,002,409 →
Application:
08/960,300 →
Pixel Data X Striping in a Graphics Processor
Patent:
6,031,550 →
Application:
08/968,388 →
Non-Sequential Fetch and Store of Xy Pixel Data in a Graphics Processor
Patent:
5,999,199 →
Application:
08/968,502 →
Tracking of Graphics Polygon Data from Different Clock Domains in a Graphics Processor
Patent:
6,061,073 →
Application:
08/968,950 →
Dynamically Selectable Mip Map Blending for a Software Graphics Engine
Patent:
6,292,191 →
Application:
08/976,523 →
An Integrated Graphics Processor Having a Block Transfer Engine for Automatic Graphic Operations in a Graphics System
Patent:
6,097,401 →
Application:
08/984,183 →
Embedding a Transparency Enable Bit as Part of a Resizing Bit Block Transfer Operation
Patent:
5,909,219 →
Application:
08/999,462 →
Method and System for Filtering Texture Map Data for Improved Image Quality in a Graphics Computer System
Patent:
6,184,893 →
Application:
09/004,483 →
Method and Apparatus for Automatically Controlling the Destination of a Graphics Command in a Register File
Patent:
5,999,200 →
Application:
09/012,333 →
Method and System for Performing Enhanced Lighting Functions for Texture Map Data
Patent:
6,750,862 →
Application:
09/067,321 →
Priority Methods for Texture Map Storage
Error Correction in a Graphics Processor
Patent:
6,252,606 →
Application:
09/106,874 →
Method and Apparatus for Determining Representative Chrominance Components
Patent:
5,929,837 →
Application:
09/107,579 →
Method and Apparatus for Applying Specular Highlighting with Specular Components Included with Texture Maps
Patent:
6,259,455 →
Application:
09/107,788 →
Method for Dynamic Xy Tiled Texture Caching
Patent:
6,204,863 →
Application:
09/130,642 →
Crt to Fpd Conversion/Protection Apparatus and Method
Patent:
6,219,040 →
Application:
09/412,320 →
Method and Apparatus for Asynchronous Display of Graphic Images
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Other recorded transfers of the patents in this record — the chain of ownership.
Security Agreement
Aug 29, 1996
From: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 008113/0001 →
Deed of Discharge
Nov 26, 2012
From: BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
To: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 029353/0747 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 6, 2012
From: NVIDIA INTERNATIONAL INC.
To: NVIDIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029418/0249 →