公开(公告)号：US11960567B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17367389

申请日：2021-07-04

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Arthur John Redfern ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Kai Chirca ,  Chenchi Luo ,  Zhenhua Yu

IPC: G06F17/16 ,  G06F17/14 ,  G06N3/045 ,  G06N3/063

CPC classification number: G06F17/16 ,  G06F17/141 ,  G06N3/045 ,  G06N3/063

Abstract: A method for performing a fundamental computational primitive in a device is provided, where the device includes a processor and a matrix multiplication accelerator (MMA). The method includes configuring a streaming engine in the device to stream data for the fundamental computational primitive from memory, configuring the MMA to format the data, and executing the fundamental computational primitive by the device.

公开(公告)号：US20240086193A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18507222

申请日：2023-11-13

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kai Chirca ,  Timothy D. Anderson ,  Todd T. Hahn ,  Alan L. Davis

IPC: G06F9/30

CPC classification number: G06F9/30065 ,  G06F9/3013

Abstract: A nested loop controller includes a first register having a first value initialized to an initial first value, a second register having a second value initialized to an initial second value, and a third register configured as a predicate FIFO, initialized to have a third value. The second value is advanced in response to a tick instruction during execution of a loop. In response to the second value reaching a second threshold, the second register is reset to the initial second value. The nested loop controller further includes a comparator coupled to the second register and to the predicate FIFO and configured to provide an outer loop indicator value as input to the predicate FIFO when the second value is equal to the second threshold, and provide an inner loop indicator value as input to the predicate FIFO when the second value is not equal to the second threshold.

公开(公告)号：US11875155B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US17578516

申请日：2022-01-19

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Kai Chirca ,  Paul Daniel Gauvreau ,  David Edward Smith, Jr.

IPC: G06F9/32 ,  G06F9/38

CPC classification number: G06F9/325 ,  G06F9/3806 ,  G06F9/3846

Abstract: An integrated circuit comprising instruction processing circuitry for processing a plurality of program instructions and instruction prediction circuitry. The instruction prediction circuitry comprises circuitry for detecting successive occurrences of a same program loop sequence of program instructions. The instruction prediction circuitry also comprises circuitry for predicting a number of iterations of the same program loop sequence of program instructions, in response to detecting, by the circuitry for detecting, that a second occurrence of the same program loop sequence of program instructions comprises a same number of iterations as a first occurrence of the same program loop sequence of program instructions.

公开(公告)号：US11755203B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17589648

申请日：2022-01-31

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kai Chirca ,  Matthew David Pierson ,  David E. Smith ,  Timothy David Anderson

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/1009 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0831 ,  G06F13/12 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  H03M13/01 ,  H03M13/09 ,  H03M13/15 ,  H03M13/27 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F12/0846 ,  G06F12/0862

CPC classification number: G06F3/0604 ,  G06F3/064 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0673 ,  G06F3/0679 ,  G06F9/30101 ,  G06F9/30123 ,  G06F9/3897 ,  G06F9/4881 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F12/0607 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0828 ,  G06F12/0831 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/0857 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F12/1009 ,  G06F13/124 ,  G06F13/1642 ,  G06F13/1663 ,  G06F13/1668 ,  G06F13/4027 ,  H03M13/015 ,  H03M13/098 ,  H03M13/1575 ,  H03M13/276 ,  H03M13/2785 ,  G06F12/0833 ,  G06F12/0846 ,  G06F12/0851 ,  G06F12/0862 ,  G06F2212/1008 ,  G06F2212/1016 ,  G06F2212/1024 ,  G06F2212/1048 ,  G06F2212/304 ,  G06F2212/452 ,  G06F2212/6024 ,  G06F2212/657

Abstract: Techniques including receiving configuration information for a trigger control channel of the one or more trigger control channels, the configuration information defining a first one or more triggering events, receiving a first memory management command, store the first memory management command, detecting a first one or more triggering events, and triggering the stored first memory management command based on the detected first one or more triggering events.

公开(公告)号：US11720248B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17715022

申请日：2022-04-06

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kai Chirca ,  Matthew David Pierson

IPC: G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/1009 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0831 ,  G06F13/12 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  H03M13/01 ,  H03M13/09 ,  H03M13/15 ,  H03M13/27 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F12/0846 ,  G06F12/0862

CPC classification number: G06F3/0604 ,  G06F3/064 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0673 ,  G06F3/0679 ,  G06F9/30101 ,  G06F9/30123 ,  G06F9/3897 ,  G06F9/4881 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F12/0607 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0828 ,  G06F12/0831 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/0857 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F12/1009 ,  G06F13/124 ,  G06F13/1642 ,  G06F13/1663 ,  G06F13/1668 ,  G06F13/4027 ,  H03M13/015 ,  H03M13/098 ,  H03M13/1575 ,  H03M13/276 ,  H03M13/2785 ,  G06F12/0833 ,  G06F12/0846 ,  G06F12/0851 ,  G06F12/0862 ,  G06F2212/1008 ,  G06F2212/1016 ,  G06F2212/1024 ,  G06F2212/1048 ,  G06F2212/304 ,  G06F2212/452 ,  G06F2212/6024 ,  G06F2212/657

Abstract: A device includes a memory bank. The memory bank includes data portions of a first way group. The data portions of the first way group include a data portion of a first way of the first way group and a data portion of a second way of the first way group. The memory bank further includes data portions of a second way group. The device further includes a configuration register and a controller configured to individually allocate, based on one or more settings in the configuration register, the first way and the second way to one of an addressable memory space and a data cache.

公开(公告)号：US11461106B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17079074

申请日：2020-10-23

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kai Chirca ,  Timothy D. Anderson

IPC: G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F11/36 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/48

Abstract: A method includes executing software code comprising a plurality of execute packets; responsive to an execute packet of the software code being executed by a data processor core, advancing a value of a test counter register; and responsive to the value of the test counter register being equal to a terminal value, triggering an event to be handled by the software code.

公开(公告)号：US20220261373A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17735255

申请日：2022-05-03

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： David M. Thompson ,  Timothy Anderson ,  Joseph Zbiciak ,  Abhijeet A. Chachad ,  Kai Chirca ,  Matthew D. Pierson

IPC: G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/362

Abstract: The Multicore Bus Architecture (MBA) protocol includes a novel technique of sharing the same physical channel for all transaction types. Two channels, the Transaction Attribute Channel (TAC) and the Transaction Data Channel (TDC) are used. The attribute channel transmits bus transaction attribute information optionally including a transaction type signal, a transaction ID, a valid signal, a bus agent ID signal, an address signal, a transaction size signal, a credit spend signal and a credit return signal. The data channel connected a data subset of the signal lines of the bus separate from the attribute subset of signal lines the bus. The data channel optionally transmits a data valid signal, a transaction ID signal, a bus agent ID signal and a last data signal to mark the last data of a current bus transaction.

公开(公告)号：US11372646B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16684410

申请日：2019-11-14

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kai Chirca ,  Timothy D. Anderson ,  David E. Smith, Jr. ,  Paul D. Gauvreau

IPC: G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/30

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes fetching a fetch-packet containing a first hyper-block from a first address of a memory. The fetch-packet contains a bitwise distance from an entry point of the first hyper-block to a predicted exit point. The method further includes executing a first branch instruction of the first hyper-block. The first branch instruction corresponds to a first exit point. The first branch instruction includes an address corresponding to an entry point of a second hyper-block. The method also includes storing, responsive to executing the first branch instruction, a bitwise distance from the entry point of the first hyper-block to the first exit point. The method further includes moving a program counter from the first exit point of the first hyper-block to the entry point of the second hyper-block.

公开(公告)号：US11341052B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US16653179

申请日：2019-10-15

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kai Chirca ,  Matthew David Pierson ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Joseph Zbiciak

IPC: G06F3/00 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/1009 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0831 ,  G06F13/12 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  H03M13/01 ,  H03M13/09 ,  H03M13/15 ,  H03M13/27 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F12/0846 ,  G06F12/0862

Abstract: A device includes an interconnect and a plurality of devices connected to the interconnect. The plurality of devices includes a first interface connected to the interconnect and a second interface connected to the interconnect. The plurality of devices further includes a first memory bank connected to the interconnect and a second memory bank connected to the interconnect. The plurality of devices further includes an external memory interface connected to the interconnect and a controller configured to establish virtual channels among the plurality of devices connected to the interconnect.

公开(公告)号：US11321268B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US14530266

申请日：2014-10-31

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： David M. Thompson ,  Timothy Anderson ,  Joseph Zbiciak ,  Abhijeet A. Chachad ,  Kai Chirca ,  Matthew D. Pierson

IPC: G06F13/362 ,  G06F13/42

Abstract: The Multicore Bus Architecture (MBA) protocol includes a novel technique of sharing the same physical channel for all transaction types. Two channels, the Transaction Attribute Channel (TAC) and the Transaction Data Channel (TDC) are used. The attribute channel transmits bus transaction attribute information optionally including a transaction type signal, a transaction ID, a valid signal, a bus agent ID signal, an address signal, a transaction size signal, a credit spend signal and a credit return signal. The data channel connected a data subset of the signal lines of the bus separate from the attribute subset of signal lines the bus. The data channel optionally transmits a data valid signal, a transaction ID signal, a bus agent ID signal and a last data signal to mark the last data of a current bus transaction.