Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Debug for multi-threaded processing
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Application No.: US16236745Application Date: 2018-12-31
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Publication No.: US11144417B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: Niraj Nandan , Hetul Sanghvi , Mihir Mody , Gary Cooper , Anthony Lell
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Ebby Abraham; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F11/273 ; G06F11/22 ; G06F9/48 ; G06F13/28 ; G06F13/16

Abstract:
A system to implement debugging for a multi-threaded processor is provided. The system includes a hardware thread scheduler configured to schedule processing of data, and a plurality of schedulers, each configured to schedule a given pipeline for processing instructions. The system further includes a debug control configured to control at least one of the plurality of schedulers to halt, step, or resume the given pipeline of the at least one of the plurality of schedulers for the data to enable debugging thereof. The system further includes a plurality of hardware accelerators configured to implement a series of tasks in accordance with a schedule provided by a respective scheduler in accordance with a command from the debug control. Each of the plurality of hardware accelerators is coupled to at least one of the plurality of schedulers to execute the instructions for the given pipeline and to a shared memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200210301A1 DEBUG FOR MULTI-THREADED PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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