公开(公告)号：US11550573B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17126156

申请日：2020-12-18

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy David Anderson ,  Duc Quang Bui

IPC: G06F1/3287 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F1/3206 ,  G06F9/38

Abstract: In one disclosed embodiment, a processor includes a first execution unit and a second execution unit, a register file, and a data path including a plurality of lanes. The data path and the register file are arranged so that writing to the register file by the first execution unit and by the second execution unit is allowed over the data path, reading from the register file by the first execution unit is allowed over the data path, and reading from the register file by the second execution unit is not allowed over the data path. The processor also includes a power control circuit configured to, when a transfer of data between the register file and either of the first and second execution units uses less than all of the lanes, power down the lanes of the data path not used for the transfer of the data.

公开(公告)号：US11507513B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US16882268

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Naveen Bhoria ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Pete Michael Hippleheuser

IPC: G06F12/0888 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/128 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G11C7/10 ,  G11C29/42 ,  G11C29/44 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0853 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/121 ,  G06F12/0884 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F12/0895 ,  G06F12/0864 ,  G11C7/22 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G06F15/80 ,  G06F12/0802

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to facilitate an atomic operation and/or a histogram operation in cache pipeline are disclosed. An example system includes a cache storage coupled to an arithmetic component; and a cache controller coupled to the cache storage, wherein the cache controller is operable to: receive a memory operation that specifies a set of data; retrieve the set of data from the cache storage; utilize the arithmetic component to determine a set of counts of respective values in the set of data; generate a vector representing the set of counts; and provide the vector.

公开(公告)号：US11449432B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16882249

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Naveen Bhoria ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Pete Michael Hippleheuser

IPC: G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/0888 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/128 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G11C7/10 ,  G11C29/42 ,  G11C29/44 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0853 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/121 ,  G06F12/0884 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F12/0895 ,  G06F12/0864 ,  G11C7/22 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G06F15/80 ,  G06F12/0802

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to evict in a dual datapath victim cache system. An example apparatus includes a cache storage, a cache controller operable to receive a first memory operation and a second memory operation concurrently, comparison logic operable to identify if the first and second memory operations missed in the cache storage, and a replacement policy component operable to, when at least one of the first and second memory operations corresponds to a miss in the cache storage, reserve an entry in the cache storage to evict based on the first and second memory operations.

公开(公告)号：US11360905B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16882390

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Naveen Bhoria ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Pete Hippleheuser

IPC: G06F12/0888 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/128 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G11C7/10 ,  G11C29/42 ,  G11C29/44 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0853 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/121 ,  G06F12/0884 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F12/0895 ,  G06F12/0864 ,  G11C7/22 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G06F15/80 ,  G06F12/0802

Abstract: A caching system including a first sub-cache, a second sub-cache, coupled in parallel with the first sub-cache, for storing write-memory commands that are not cached in the first sub-cache, the second sub-cache including privilege bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the second sub-cache is associated with a level of privilege, and wherein the second sub-cache is further configured to receive a first write memory command for a memory address associated with a first level of privilege, store, in the second sub-cache, first data associated with the first write memory command and the level of privilege associated with the cache line, receive a second write memory command for the cache line, the second write memory command associated with a second level of privilege, merge the first level of privilege with the second level of privilege, and output the merged privilege level with the cache line.

公开(公告)号：US20220179652A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17676910

申请日：2022-02-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Asheesh Bhardwaj ,  William Franklin Leven ,  Son Hung Tran ,  Timothy David Anderson

IPC: G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F9/32 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F9/345

Abstract: Software instructions are executed on a processor within a computer system to configure a steaming engine with stream parameters to define a multidimensional array. The stream parameters define a size for each dimension of the multidimensional array, a null vector count (N), and a selected dimension. Data is fetched from a memory coupled to the streaming engine responsive to the stream parameters. A stream of vectors is formed for the multidimensional array responsive to the stream parameters from the data fetched from memory. N null stream vectors are inserted into the stream of vectors for the selected dimension without fetching respective null data from the memory.

公开(公告)号：US11347649B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16882403

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Naveen Bhoria ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Pete Hippleheuser

IPC: G06F12/0888 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/128 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G11C7/10 ,  G11C29/42 ,  G11C29/44 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0853 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/121 ,  G06F12/0884 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F12/0895 ,  G06F12/0864 ,  G11C7/22 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G06F15/80 ,  G06F12/0802

Abstract: A caching system including a first sub-cache, a second sub-cache, coupled in parallel with the first sub-cache, for storing cache data evicted from the first sub-cache and write-memory commands that are not cached in the first sub-cache, and a cache controller configured to receive two or more cache commands, determine a conflict exists between the received two or more cache commands, determine a conflict resolution between the received two or more cache commands, and sending the two or more cache commands to the first sub-cache and the second sub-cache.

公开(公告)号：US11231929B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-25

申请号：US16420447

申请日：2019-05-23

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Son Hung Tran ,  Shyam Jagannathan ,  Timothy David Anderson

IPC: G06F9/34 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F9/32 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F9/345

Abstract: Software instructions are executed on a processor within a computer system to configure a steaming engine with stream parameters to define a multidimensional array. The stream parameters define a size for each dimension of the multidimensional array and a specified width for a selected dimension of the array. Data is fetched from a memory coupled to the streaming engine responsive to the stream parameters. A stream of vectors is formed for the multidimensional array responsive to the stream parameters from the data fetched from memory. When the selected dimension in the stream of vectors exceeds the specified width, the streaming engine inserts null elements into each portion of a respective vector for the selected dimension that exceeds the specified width in the stream of vectors. Stream vectors that are completely null are formed by the streaming engine without accessing the system memory for respective data.

公开(公告)号：US20210357219A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：US17391143

申请日：2021-08-02

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy David Anderson ,  Duc Quang Bui ,  Mel Alan Phipps ,  Todd T. Hahn ,  Joseph Zbiciak

IPC: G06F9/30

Abstract: The number of registers required is reduced by overlapping scalar and vector registers. This allows increased compiler flexibility when mixing scalar and vector instructions. Local register read ports are reduced by restricting read access. Dedicated predicate registers reduce requirements for general registers, and allows reduction of critical timing paths by allowing the predicate registers to be placed next to the predicate unit.

公开(公告)号：US11119776B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16825348

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Jonathan (Son) Hung Tran ,  Kai Chirca ,  Daniel Wu ,  Abhijeet Ashok Chachad ,  David M. Thompson

IPC: G06F9/34 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/345 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/32 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0831 ,  G06F12/1027 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/0862

Abstract: A stream of data is accessed from a memory system using a stream of addresses generated in a first mode of operating a streaming engine in response to executing a first stream instruction. A block cache management operation is performed on a cache in the memory using a block of addresses generated in a second mode of operating the streaming engine in response to executing a second stream instruction.

公开(公告)号：US11106462B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16589118

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Timothy David Anderson ,  Mujibur Rahman

IPC: G06F9/30 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F7/487 ,  G06F7/499 ,  G06F7/24 ,  H03H17/06 ,  G06F7/53 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F7/57

Abstract: A method for sorting of a vector in a processor is provided that includes performing, by the processor in response to a vector sort instruction, sorting of values stored in lanes of the vector to generate a sorted vector, wherein the values are sorted in an order indicated by the vector sort instruction, and storing the sorted vector in a storage location.