AMD Transfers 122 U.S. Patents to Onesta IP

AMD Transfers Patents in November 2024

AMD Transfers 122 U.S. Patents to Onesta IP
(Source: https://www.amd.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-1-14-amd-to-report-fiscal-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-.html)

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) transferred 122 U.S. patents to Onesta IP in a transaction completed in November 2024.

The transferred patents span multiple technology sectors, including semiconductor manufacturing and packaging, computing architecture and processor design, GPU and graphics processing, memory and storage, interface and I/O technologies, as well as AI and neural network computing.

While Onesta IP has yet to initiate any patent litigation, its acquisition of AMD's patents follows a pattern observed in other transactions involving the chipmaker. 

AMD has previously assigned patents to entities such as Fullbrite Capital Partners and Innovative Foundry Technologies LLC (IFT). Notably, IFT filed patent infringement lawsuits in 2019 against Qualcomm, Broadcom, TSMC, SMIC, TCL, and Hisense in the United States.

The implications of Onesta IP's latest patent acquisition remain unclear, but the transaction underscores the ongoing monetization and reallocation of intellectual property within the semiconductor industry.

The list of patents AMD transferred to Onesta IP is as follows:

Patent    Application    Invention title

8497162 11379741 Lid Attach Process

7774578 11448337 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PREFETCHING DATA IN RESPONSE TO A CACHE MISS

7774578 11448337 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PREFETCHING DATA IN RESPONSE TO A CACHE MISS

7717350 11478740 PORTABLE COMPUTING PLATFORM HAVING MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES AND HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSORS

7717350 11478740 PORTABLE COMPUTING PLATFORM HAVING MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES AND HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSORS

7517782 11536041 METHOD OF FORMING A METAL LAYER OVER A PATTERNED DIELECTRIC BY WET CHEMICAL DEPOSITION INCLUDING AN ELECTROLESS AND A POWERED PHASE

7517782 11536041 METHOD OF FORMING A METAL LAYER OVER A PATTERNED DIELECTRIC BY WET CHEMICAL DEPOSITION INCLUDING AN ELECTROLESS AND A POWERED PHASE

7723195 11566287 METHOD OF FORMING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

7723195 11566287 METHOD OF FORMING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

7996731 11592074 ERROR DETECTION IN HIGH-SPEED ASYMMETRIC INTERFACES

7996731 11592074 ERROR DETECTION IN HIGH-SPEED ASYMMETRIC INTERFACES

8892963 11595619 Error detection in high-speed asymmetric interfaces utilizing dedicated interface lines

8892963 11595619 Error detection in high-speed asymmetric interfaces utilizing dedicated interface lines

7725690 11674562 DISTRIBUTED DISPATCH WITH CONCURRENT, OUT-OF-ORDER DISPATCH

7725690 11674562 DISTRIBUTED DISPATCH WITH CONCURRENT, OUT-OF-ORDER DISPATCH

7734873 11754589 CACHING OF MICROCODE EMULATION MEMORY

7734873 11754589 CACHING OF MICROCODE EMULATION MEMORY

8173538 11757022 METHOD OF SELECTIVELY FORMING A CONDUCTIVE BARRIER LAYER BY ALD

8173538 11757022 METHOD OF SELECTIVELY FORMING A CONDUCTIVE BARRIER LAYER BY ALD

7678615 11846618 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH GEL-TYPE THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL

7678615 11846618 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH GEL-TYPE THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL

7861041 11849515 SECOND CHANCE REPLACEMENT MECHANISM FOR A HIGHLY ASSOCIATIVE CACHE MEMORY OF A PROCESSOR

7861041 11849515 SECOND CHANCE REPLACEMENT MECHANISM FOR A HIGHLY ASSOCIATIVE CACHE MEMORY OF A PROCESSOR

8357268 11861689 SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AND CONTROLLING A MOVABLE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS TOOL

8357268 11861689 SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AND CONTROLLING A MOVABLE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS TOOL

7943442 11862296 SOI DEVICE HAVING A SUBSTRATE DIODE WITH PROCESS TOLERANT CONFIGURATION AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SOI DEVICE

7943442 11862296 SOI DEVICE HAVING A SUBSTRATE DIODE WITH PROCESS TOLERANT CONFIGURATION AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SOI DEVICE

None 11960640 Video Data Capture and Streaming

8502832 12130364 FLOATING POINT TEXTURE FILTERING USING UNSIGNED LINEAR INTERPOLATORS AND BLOCK NORMALIZATIONS

8502832 12130364 FLOATING POINT TEXTURE FILTERING USING UNSIGNED LINEAR INTERPOLATORS AND BLOCK NORMALIZATIONS

8861591 12189060 Software Video Encoder with GPU Acceleration

8861591 12189060 Software Video Encoder with GPU Acceleration

8233527 12264892 SOFTWARE VIDEO TRANSCODER WITH GPU ACCELERATION

8233527 12264892 SOFTWARE VIDEO TRANSCODER WITH GPU ACCELERATION

7659768 12339800 REDUCED LEAKAGE VOLTAGE LEVEL SHIFTING CIRCUIT

9006114 12359839 METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING A SPACER IN A DUAL STRESS LINER APPROACH

9006114 12359839 METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING A SPACER IN A DUAL STRESS LINER APPROACH

8402075 12404426 MECHANISM FOR FAST DETECTION OF OVERSHIFT IN A FLOATING POINT UNIT OF A PROCESSING DEVICE

8402075 12404426 MECHANISM FOR FAST DETECTION OF OVERSHIFT IN A FLOATING POINT UNIT OF A PROCESSING DEVICE

None 12476152 Unified Shader Engine Filtering System

9093040 12476158 REDUNDANCY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHADER COLUMN REPAIR

9093040 12476158 REDUNDANCY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHADER COLUMN REPAIR

8195882 12476159 SHADER COMPLEX WITH DISTRIBUTED LEVEL ONE CACHE SYSTEM AND CENTRALIZED LEVEL TWO CACHE

8195882 12476159 SHADER COMPLEX WITH DISTRIBUTED LEVEL ONE CACHE SYSTEM AND CENTRALIZED LEVEL TWO CACHE

8558836 12476161 Scalable and Unified Compute System

8558836 12476161 Scalable and Unified Compute System

None 12476202 Multi Instance Unified Shader Engine Filtering System With Level One and Level Two Cache

None 12508902 DETERMINING PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITIES OF COMPUTATIONAL UNITS

8447994 12508929 ALTERING PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTATIONAL UNITS HETEROGENEOUSLY ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY

8447994 12508929 ALTERING PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTATIONAL UNITS HETEROGENEOUSLY ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY

8443209 12508935 THROTTLING COMPUTATIONAL UNITS ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY

8443209 12508935 THROTTLING COMPUTATIONAL UNITS ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY

8266569 12718594 IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL ENABLES USING MEA AND WAA METRICS

8266569 12718594 IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL ENABLES USING MEA AND WAA METRICS

8440516 12752487 METHOD OF FORMING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

8440516 12752487 METHOD OF FORMING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

8291146 12836731 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING RESOURCES OF A PCI EXPRESS COMPLIANT DEVICE

8291146 12836731 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING RESOURCES OF A PCI EXPRESS COMPLIANT DEVICE

8854381 12874134 PROCESSING UNIT THAT ENABLES ASYNCHRONOUS TASK DISPATCH

8854381 12874134 PROCESSING UNIT THAT ENABLES ASYNCHRONOUS TASK DISPATCH

8633725 12879993 SCAN OR JTAG CONTROLLABLE CAPTURE CLOCK GENERATION

8633725 12879993 SCAN OR JTAG CONTROLLABLE CAPTURE CLOCK GENERATION

8478942 12891027 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PROCESSOR CACHE POLLUTION CAUSED BY AGGRESSIVE PREFETCHING

8478942 12891027 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PROCESSOR CACHE POLLUTION CAUSED BY AGGRESSIVE PREFETCHING

8707117 12908630 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TEST MULTI CLOCK DOMAIN DATA PATHS WITH A SHARED CAPTURE CLOCK SIGNAL

8707117 12908630 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TEST MULTI CLOCK DOMAIN DATA PATHS WITH A SHARED CAPTURE CLOCK SIGNAL

8468547 12953367 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING THREAD WAVEFRONT DATA AND EVENTS

8468547 12953367 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING THREAD WAVEFRONT DATA AND EVENTS

8347250 12975668 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDRESSING AND IMPROVING HOLDS IN LOGIC NETWORKS

8347250 12975668 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDRESSING AND IMPROVING HOLDS IN LOGIC NETWORKS

8377761 13081575 SOI DEVICE HAVING A SUBSTRATE DIODE WITH PROCESS TOLERANT CONFIGURATION AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SOI DEVICE

8377761 13081575 SOI DEVICE HAVING A SUBSTRATE DIODE WITH PROCESS TOLERANT CONFIGURATION AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SOI DEVICE

8661300 13169977 ERROR DETECTION IN HIGH-SPEED ASYMMETRIC INTERFACES

9519943 13171979 Priority-Based Command Execution

9519943 13171979 Priority-Based Command Execution

8909840 13330482 DATA BUS INVERSION CODING

8909840 13330482 DATA BUS INVERSION CODING

8635566 13331172 PARITY ERROR DETECTION VERIFICATION

8635566 13331172 PARITY ERROR DETECTION VERIFICATION

9390554 13449410 OFF CHIP MEMORY FOR DISTRIBUTED TESSELLATION

8338961 13456968 SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP  WITH REINFORCING THROUGH-SILICON-VIAS

8338961 13456968 SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP  WITH REINFORCING THROUGH-SILICON-VIAS

8731046 13492281 SOFTWARE VIDEO TRANSCODER WITH GPU ACCELERATION

8731046 13492281 SOFTWARE VIDEO TRANSCODER WITH GPU ACCELERATION

9116809 13724879 Memory Heaps in a Memory Model for a Unified Computing System

9116809 13724879 Memory Heaps in a Memory Model for a Unified Computing System

9335999 13861083 ALLOCATING STORE QUEUE ENTRIES TO STORE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EARLY STORE-TO-LOAD FORWARDING

9335999 13861083 ALLOCATING STORE QUEUE ENTRIES TO STORE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EARLY STORE-TO-LOAD FORWARDING

8865527 13952392 LID ATTACH PROCESS

8865527 13952392 LID ATTACH PROCESS

None 14124771 COMPATIBILITY AND OPTIMIZATION OF WEB APPLICATIONS ACROSS INDEPENDENT APPLICATION STORES

9903913 14159247 SCAN OR JTAG CONTROLLABLE CAPTURE CLOCK GENERATION

9903913 14159247 SCAN OR JTAG CONTROLLABLE CAPTURE CLOCK GENERATION

9367891 14808113 REDUNDANCY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHADER COLUMN REPAIR

9448930 14833850 MEMORY HEAPS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

9448930 14833850 MEMORY HEAPS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

10861122 15156658 REDUNDANCY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHADER COLUMN REPAIR

10205956 15237134 TEXTURE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

None 15254466 MEMORY HEAPS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

10078882 15346395 PRIORITY-BASED COMMAND EXECUTION

10078882 15346395 PRIORITY-BASED COMMAND EXECUTION

10324860 15695683 MEMORY HEAPS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

10324860 15695683 MEMORY HEAPS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

10970120 16019374 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPPORTUNISTIC LOAD BALANCING IN NEURAL NETWORKS USING METADATA

10970120 16019374 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPPORTUNISTIC LOAD BALANCING IN NEURAL NETWORKS USING METADATA

11119944 16443385 MEMORY POOLS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

11119944 16443385 MEMORY POOLS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

11841803 16456287 GPU CHIPLETS USING HIGH BANDWIDTH CROSSLINKS

11841803 16456287 GPU CHIPLETS USING HIGH BANDWIDTH CROSSLINKS

11169812 16584701 THROTTLING WHILE MANAGING UPSTREAM RESOURCES

11169812 16584701 THROTTLING WHILE MANAGING UPSTREAM RESOURCES

11386520 17113827 REDUNDANCY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHADER COLUMN REPAIR

11880715 17222543 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPPORTUNISTIC LOAD BALANCING IN NEURAL NETWORKS USING METADATA

11880715 17222543 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPPORTUNISTIC LOAD BALANCING IN NEURAL NETWORKS USING METADATA

11741019 17471552 MEMORY POOLS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

11741019 17471552 MEMORY POOLS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

12032965 17519902 THROTTLING WHILE MANAGING UPSTREAM RESOURCES

12032965 17519902 THROTTLING WHILE MANAGING UPSTREAM RESOURCES

11948223 17862096 REDUNDANCY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHADER COLUMN REPAIR

None 18265593 EFFICIENT MULLER C-ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FOR HIGH BIT-WIDTH ASYNCHRONOUS APPLICATIONS

None 18388602 GPU CHIPLETS USING HIGH BANDWIDTH CROSSLINKS

None 18455479 MEMORY POOLS IN A MEMORY MODEL FOR A UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM

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