Some Intel Patents Related to x86 and Other Technologies
I never asked for it, you never asked for it, and yet here we are.
As a side thought, I wondered: How many patents just Intel is the applicant for? Let’s have a small, tiny, atomic peek.
Populated as of 2020-04-20.
| IPN1 | Filing Date | Publication Date | Applicant | Title |
| WO 2013/101059 A1 | 29 December 2011 | 4 July 2013 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2011/067838) | SUPERVISOR MODE EXECUTION PROTECTION |
| WO 01/75602 A2 | 13 March 2001 | 11 October 2001 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US01/08066) | REAL-TIME SCHEDULING OF VIRTUAL MACHINES |
| WO 2016/077020 A1 | 14 October 2015 | 19 May 2016 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2015/055593) | MORTON COORDINATE ADJUSTMENT PROCESSORS, METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND INSTRUCTIONS |
| WO 2013/066572 | 8 October 2012 | 10 May 2013 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2012/059241) | REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS ADAPTER STATE MIGRATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT |
| WO 2013/090202 A1 | 10 December 2012 | 20 June 2013 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2012/068798) | VIRTUALIZING INTERRUPT PRIORITIZATION AND DELIVERY |
| WO 2016/060859 A1 | 1 October 2015 | 21 April 2016 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2015/053526) | AN INTERFACE BETWEEN A DEVICE AND A SECURE PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT |
| WO 2009/018005 A2 | 21 July 2008 | 5 February 2009 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2008/070671) | PROVIDING AN INCLUSIVE SHARED CACHE AMONG MULTIPLE CORE-CACHE CLUSTERS |
| WO 2014/107143 A2 | 8 October 2012 | 10 July 2014 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2012/059204) | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE THREAD SCHEDULING IN TRANSACTIONAL MEMORY SYSTEMS |
| WO 2016/204961 A1 | 27 May 2016 | 22 December 2016 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2016/034853) | XOR (EXCLUSIVE OR) BASED TRIANGULAR MIXING FOR DIGITAL PHASE CONTROL |
| WO 2017/160527 A1 | 7 March 2017 | 21 September 2017 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2017/021040) | ASYMMETRICAL MEMORY MANAGEMENT |
| WO 2016/007219 A1 | 15 May 2015 | 14 January 2016 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2015/030928) | PROCESSOR STATE CONTROL BASED ON DETECTION OF PRODUCDER/CONSUMER WORKLOAD SERIALIZATION |
| WO 2016/093943 A1 | 9 October 2015 | 16 June 2016 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2015/054963) | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSIDERING SPATIAL LOCALITY IN LOADING DATA ELEMENTS FOR EXECUTION |
| WO 2009/121022 A2 | 27 March 2009 | 1 October 2009 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2009/038670) | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES TO SAVE MEMORY SELF-REFRESH POWER |
| WO 2013/090425 A1 | 12 December 2012 | 20 June 2013 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2012/069236) | A METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION INCLUDING CODE RECIRCULATION TECHNIQUES |
| WO 2016/153675 | 23 February 2016 | 29 September 2016 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2016/019019) | CUSTOM PROTECTION AGAINST SIDE CHANNEL ATTACKS |
| US20190004834 | 30 June 2017 | 3 January 2019 | INTEL IP Corporation, INTEL CORPORATION | SOFTWARE RECONFIGURABLE MOBILE DEVICES AND METHODS |
| WO 2014/004151 A2 | 17 June 2013 | 3 January 2014 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2013/046169) | VIRTUAL MEMORY ADDRESS RANGE REGISTER |
| WO 2015/199877 A1 | 27 May 2015 | 30 December 2015 | INTEL CORPORATION (PCT/US2015/032664 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF USB 3.1 PRESENCE DETECT AND INDEX |
1. International Publication Number. See Patent Cooperation Treaty for more information.
That’s a lot, and obviously not all of them. Quite a lot of patents already related to the x86 specifications (VT-x/VMX, TSX, AVX, etc.) and specifications that Intel has participated in, such as Intel HD Audio, UEFI, TPM, and Wi-Fi.
In fact, Intel owns more than 40,000 patents across the globe (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/policy/policy-ip.html), and Intel IP Corporation is doing the most part in making patents (a few patents from Intel IP: https://patents.justia.com/assignee/intel-ip-corporation). IBM is probably no better in sheer number of patents.
Pretty scary, isn’t it?