# Richard A. Silkebakken — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Richard A. Silkebakken has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Graphics Processors Switch Between Different Tasks Efficiently](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/7512773/context-switching-using-halt-sequencing-protocol) — granted 2009
  A method for graphics chips to pause and swap between different programs or tasks without waiting for every single part of the processor to finish its current job.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/richard-a-silkebakken

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