CURRENT LEAKAGE MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER FOR READING FROM MEMORY CELLS
Granted: January 26, 2023
Application Number:
20230023614
First and second sensing circuits are coupled to first and second data lines, respectively, and sense levels of current leakage or a memory cell state on the first and second data lines. First and second keeper circuits are coupled to the first and second data lines, respectively, and drive the first and second data lines by a voltage supply through biased transistors. First and second leakage latches are coupled to receive and latch state of signals output from the first and second…
CURRENT LEAKAGE MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER FOR READING FROM MEMORY CELLS
Granted: January 26, 2023
Application Number:
20230023614
First and second sensing circuits are coupled to first and second data lines, respectively, and sense levels of current leakage or a memory cell state on the first and second data lines. First and second keeper circuits are coupled to the first and second data lines, respectively, and drive the first and second data lines by a voltage supply through biased transistors. First and second leakage latches are coupled to receive and latch state of signals output from the first and second…
Network Interface Device
Granted: January 5, 2023
Application Number:
20230006945
Roughly described: a network interface device has an interface. The interface is coupled to first network interface device circuitry, host interface circuitry and host offload circuitry. The host interface circuitry is configured to interface to a host device and has a scheduler configured to schedule providing and/or receiving of data to/from the host device. The interface is configured to allow at least one of: data to be provided to said host interface circuitry from at least one of…
Network Interface Device
Granted: December 15, 2022
Application Number:
20220400147
A network interface device having an FPGA for providing an FPGA application. A first interface between a host computing device and the FPGA application is provided, allowing the FPGA application to make use of data-path operations provided by a transport engine on the network interface device, as well as communicate with the host. The FPGA application sends and receives data with the host via a memory that is memory mapped to a shared memory location in the host computing device, whilst…
HIGH THROUGHPUT CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATION
Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number:
20220138140
A hardware acceleration device can include a switch communicatively linked to a host central processing unit (CPU), an adapter coupled to the switch via a control bus, wherein the control bus is configured to convey addresses of descriptors from the host central CPU to the adapter, and a random-access memory (RAM) coupled to the switch through a data bus. The RAM is configured to store descriptors received from the host CPU via the data bus. The hardware acceleration device can include a…
STATIC CONFIGURATION OF ACCELERATOR CARD SECURITY MODES
Granted: March 31, 2022
Application Number:
20220100840
An accelerator card can include a read-only memory configured to store a security identifier in a designated field therein and a satellite controller configured to read the security identifier in response to a reset event. The satellite controller is configured to select, based on the security identifier, a security mode from a plurality of security modes and implement the selected security mode in the accelerator card.
MULTI-DIE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH DATA PROCESSING ENGINE ARRAY
Granted: March 31, 2022
Application Number:
20220100691
A multi-die integrated circuit (IC) can include an interposer and a first die coupled to the interposer. The first die can include a data processing engine (DPE) array, wherein the DPE array includes a plurality of DPEs and a DPE interface coupled to the plurality of DPEs. The DPE interface has a logical interface and a physical interface. The multi-die IC also can include a second die coupled to the interposer. The second die can include a die interface. The DPE interface and the die…
MULTI-HOST DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Granted: March 24, 2022
Application Number:
20220092010
A system can include a plurality of processors. Each processor of the plurality of processors can be configured to execute program code. The system can include a direct memory access system configured for multi-processor operation. The direct memory access system can include a plurality of data engines coupled to a plurality of interfaces via a plurality of switches. The plurality of switches can be programmable to couple different ones of the plurality of data engines to different ones…
NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE
Granted: March 17, 2022
Application Number:
20220086042
A network interface device comprises a plurality of components configured to process a flow of data one after another. A control component is configured to provide one or more control messages in said flow, said one or more control message being provided to said plurality of components one after another such that a configuration of one or more of said components is changed.
NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE
Granted: February 24, 2022
Application Number:
20220060434
A network interface device has an interface configured to interface with a network. The interface is configured to at least one of receive data from the network and put data onto the network. The network interface device has an application specific integrated device with a plurality of data processing pipelines to process at least one of data which has been received from the network and data which is to be put onto said network and an FPGA arranged in a path parallel to the data…
DATAFLOW GRAPH PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT FOR A HETEROGENOUS PROCESSING SYSTEM
Granted: February 24, 2022
Application Number:
20220058005
Examples herein describe techniques for generating dataflow graphs using source code for defining kernels and communication links between those kernels. In one embodiment, the graph is formed using nodes (e.g., kernels) which are communicatively coupled by edges (e.g., the communication links between the kernels). A compiler converts the source code into a bit stream and/or binary code which configure a heterogeneous processing system of a SoC to execute the graph. The compiler uses the…
EFFICIENT HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION USING HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS
Granted: February 24, 2022
Application Number:
20220057995
Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining a natural exponent from a digital word input by splitting the digital word, and retrieving a precalculated and predetermined value from a data store at an address defined by the first word. In an illustrative example, the retrieved value may be a hyperbolic sum. The hyperbolic sum may be multiplied by the second word. The hyperbolic sum may be scaled, and summed with the multiplication result to generate a scaled exponential value.…
HARDWARE-SOFTWARE DESIGN FLOW WITH HIGH-LEVEL SYNTHESIS FOR HETEROGENEOUS AND PROGRAMMABLE DEVICES
Granted: February 3, 2022
Application Number:
20220035607
Implementing an application within an integrated circuit (IC) having a data processing engine (DPE) array coupled to a Network-on-Chip (NoC) can include determining, using computer hardware, data transfer requirements for a software portion of the application intended to execute on the DPE array by simulating data traffic to the NoC as generated by the software portion, generating, using the computer hardware, a NoC routing solution for data paths of the application implemented by the…
Network Interface Device Supporting Multiple Interface Instances to a Common Bus
Granted: January 27, 2022
Application Number:
20220027273
A network interface device comprises a programmable interface configured to provide a device interface with at least one bus between the network interface device and a host device. The programmable interface is programmable to support a plurality of different types of a device interface.
NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE
Granted: September 9, 2021
Application Number:
20210281499
A network interface device, said network interface device has a data transmission path configured to receive data for transmission. The data for transmission is to be sent over a network by the network interface device. A monitor is configured to monitor the data transmission path to determine if an underrun condition is associated with the data transmission path. If so, an indication is included in the transmitted data packet.
DIFFERENTIAL ANALOG INPUT BUFFER
Granted: September 9, 2021
Application Number:
20210281251
A differential signal input buffer is disclosed. The differential signal input buffer may receive a differential signal that includes a first signal and a second signal and may be divided into a first section and a second section and. The first section may buffer and/or amplify the first signal based on a first level-shifted second signal. The second section may buffer and/or amplify the second signal based on a first level-shifted first signal. In some implementations, the first section…
NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE
Granted: August 19, 2021
Application Number:
20210258284
A network interface device having a hardware module comprising a plurality of processing units. Each of the plurality of processing units is associated with its own at least one predefined operation. At a compile time, the hardware module is configured by arranging at least some of the plurality of processing units to perform their respective at least one operation with respect to a data packet in a certain order so as to perform a function with respect to that data packet. A compiler is…
Programmed Input/Output Mode
Granted: August 19, 2021
Application Number:
20210255987
A data processing system and method are provided. A host computing device comprises at least one processor. A network interface device is arranged to couple the host computing device to a network. The network interface device comprises a buffer for receiving data for transmission from the host computing device. The processor is configured to execute instructions to transfer the data for transmission to the buffer. The data processing system further comprises an indicator store configured…
DATA TRANSFERS BETWEEN A MEMORY AND A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTE ARRAY
Granted: June 10, 2021
Application Number:
20210174848
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a plurality of dies. The IC includes a plurality of memory channel interfaces configured to communicate with a memory, wherein the plurality of memory channel interfaces are disposed within a first die of the plurality of dies. The IC may include a compute array distributed across the plurality of dies and a plurality of remote buffers distributed across the plurality of dies. The plurality of remote buffers are coupled to the plurality of memory…
SOFTWARE DEFINED SUBSYSTEM CREATION FOR HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Granted: May 20, 2021
Application Number:
20210150072
Creation of subsystems for a user design to be implemented in an integrated circuit (IC) includes generating, using computer hardware, a subsystem topology based on user provided subsystem data, wherein the subsystem topology specifies a plurality of subsystems of the user design where each subsystem includes a master circuit, and determining, using the computer hardware, a system management identifier for each master circuit of the subsystem topology. Programming data for programmable…
