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公开(公告)号:US20210216316A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-15
申请号:US17216821
申请日:2021-03-30
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Naveen BHORIA , Kai CHIRCA , Timothy D. ANDERSON , Duc BUI , Abhijeet A. CHACHAD , Son Hung TRAN
IPC: G06F9/30 , G06F9/38 , G06F11/00 , G06F12/0897 , G06F12/0875 , G06F9/32 , G06F11/10 , G06F9/345
Abstract: Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising receiving a first instruction configured to cause the processor to output a first data value to a first address in a first data cache, outputting, by the processor, the first data value to a second address in a second data cache, receiving a second instruction configured to cause a streaming engine associated with the processor to prefetch data from the first data cache, determining that the first data value has not been outputted from the second data cache to the first data cache, stalling execution of the second instruction, receiving an indication, from the second data cache, that the first data value has been output from the second data cache to the first data cache, and resuming execution of the second instruction based on the received indication.
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公开(公告)号:US20200117618A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-16
申请号:US16653378
申请日:2019-10-15
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Matthew David PIERSON , Daniel WU , Kai CHIRCA
IPC: G06F13/16
Abstract: A device includes a data path, a first interface configured to receive a first memory access request from a first peripheral device, and a second interface configured to receive a second memory access request from a second peripheral device. The device further includes an arbiter circuit configured to, in a first clock cycle, a pre-arbitration winner between a first memory access request and a second memory access request based on a first number of credits allocated to a first destination device and a second number of credits allocated to a second destination device. The arbiter circuit is further configured to, in a second clock cycle select a final arbitration winner from among the pre-arbitration winner and a subsequent memory access request based on a comparison of a priority of the pre-arbitration winner and a priority of the subsequent memory access request.
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公开(公告)号:US20240184446A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-06
申请号:US18441279
申请日:2024-02-14
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Kai CHIRCA , Daniel WU , Matthew David PIERSON
IPC: G06F3/06 , G06F9/30 , G06F9/38 , G06F9/48 , G06F9/50 , G06F12/06 , G06F12/0811 , G06F12/0815 , G06F12/0817 , G06F12/0831 , G06F12/084 , G06F12/0846 , G06F12/0855 , G06F12/0862 , G06F12/0875 , G06F12/0891 , G06F12/10 , G06F12/1009 , G06F13/12 , G06F13/16 , G06F13/40 , H03M13/01 , H03M13/09 , H03M13/15 , H03M13/27
CPC classification number: G06F3/0604 , G06F3/0607 , G06F3/0632 , G06F3/064 , G06F3/0658 , G06F3/0659 , G06F3/0673 , G06F3/0679 , G06F9/30101 , G06F9/30123 , G06F9/3897 , G06F9/4881 , G06F9/5016 , G06F12/0607 , G06F12/0811 , G06F12/0815 , G06F12/0828 , G06F12/0831 , G06F12/084 , 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 for loading data, comprising receiving a memory management command to perform a memory management operation to load data into the cache memory before execution of an instruction that requests the data, formatting the memory management command into one or more instruction for a cache controller associated with the cache memory, and outputting an instruction to the cache controller to load the data into the cache memory based on the memory management command.
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公开(公告)号:US20220374356A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-24
申请号:US17875424
申请日:2022-07-28
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Matthew David PIERSON , Kai CHIRCA , Daniel WU
IPC: 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
Abstract: A device includes a data path, a first interface configured to receive a first memory access request from a first peripheral device, and a second interface configured to receive a second memory access request from a second peripheral device. The device further includes an arbiter circuit configured to determine a first destination device connected to the data path and associated with the first memory access request and a first credit threshold corresponding to the first memory access request. The arbiter circuit is further configured to determine a second destination device connected to the data path and associated with the second memory access request and a second credit threshold corresponding to the second memory access request. The arbiter circuit is configured to arbitrate access to the data path by the first memory access request and the second memory access request based on the first credit threshold and the second credit threshold.
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公开(公告)号:US20210124589A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-29
申请号:US17079105
申请日:2020-10-23
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Kai CHIRCA , Timothy D. ANDERSON , Paul Daniel GAUVREAU
Abstract: A method includes receiving an execute packet that includes a first instruction and a second instruction and executing the first instruction and the second instruction using a pipeline. Executing the first and second instructions includes storing a result of the first instruction in a holding register; determining whether an event that interrupts execution of the execute packet occurs prior to completion of the executing of the second instruction; and based on the event not occurring, committing the result of the first instruction after completion of the executing of the second instruction.
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公开(公告)号:US20210109868A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-15
申请号:US17068730
申请日:2020-10-12
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Timothy D. ANDERSON , Joseph Raymond Michael ZBICIAK , Kai CHIRCA , Daniel Brad WU
IPC: G06F12/1027 , G06F12/1009 , G06F12/0882 , G06F12/0891
Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a memory management unit (MMU) comprising a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) and a configuration register, a request from a processor core to directly modify an entry in the TLB. The method also includes, responsive to the configuration register having a first value, operating the MMU in a software-managed mode by modifying the entry in the TLB according to the request. The method further includes, responsive to the configuration register having a second value, operating the MMU in a hardware-managed mode by denying the request.
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公开(公告)号:US20200371762A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-26
申请号:US16983429
申请日:2020-08-03
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Kai CHIRCA , Timothy D. ANDERSON , Todd T. HAHN , Alan L. DAVIS
Abstract: A method for compiling and executing a nested loop includes initializing a nested loop controller with an outer loop count value and an inner loop count value. The nested loop controller includes a predicate FIFO. The method also includes coalescing the nested loop and, during execution of the coalesced nested loop, causing the nested loop controller to populate the predicate FIFO and executing a get predicate instruction having an offset value, where the get predicate returns a value from the predicate FIFO specified by the offset value. The method further includes predicating an outer loop instruction on the returned value from the predicate FIFO.
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公开(公告)号:US20200057723A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-20
申请号:US16552418
申请日:2019-08-27
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Kai CHIRCA , Joseph R. M. ZBICIAK , Matthew D. PIERSON
IPC: G06F12/0897 , G06F12/0862 , G06F12/0811
Abstract: A prefetch unit generates a prefetch address in response to an address associated with a memory read request received from the first or second cache. The prefetch unit includes a prefetch buffer that is arranged to store the prefetch address in an address buffer of a selected slot of the prefetch buffer, where each slot of the prefetch unit includes a buffer for storing a prefetch address, and two sub-slots. Each sub-slot includes a data buffer for storing data that is prefetched using the prefetch address stored in the slot, and one of the two sub-slots of the slot is selected in response to a portion of the generated prefetch address. Subsequent hits on the prefetcher result in returning prefetched data to the requestor in response to a subsequent memory read request received after the initial received memory read request.
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公开(公告)号:US20190220276A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-18
申请号:US16297824
申请日:2019-03-11
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Naveen BHORIA , Kai CHIRCA , Timothy D. ANDERSON , Duc BUI , Abhijeet A. CHACHAD , Son Hung TRAN
IPC: G06F9/30 , G06F9/345 , G06F9/38 , G06F11/00 , G06F12/0897 , G06F12/0875 , G06F9/32 , G06F11/10
CPC classification number: G06F9/3016 , G06F9/30014 , G06F9/30036 , G06F9/30098 , G06F9/30112 , G06F9/30145 , G06F9/32 , G06F9/345 , G06F9/3802 , G06F9/3822 , G06F9/383 , G06F9/3867 , G06F11/00 , G06F11/10 , G06F11/1048 , G06F12/0875 , G06F12/0897 , G06F2212/452 , G06F2212/60
Abstract: Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising receiving a first instruction configured to cause the processor to output a first data value to a first address in a first data cache, outputting, by the processor, the first data value to a second address in a second data cache, receiving a second instruction configured to cause a streaming engine associated with the processor to prefetch data from the first data cache, determining that the first data value has not been outputted from the second data cache to the first data cache, stalling execution of the second instruction, receiving an indication, from the second data cache, that the first data value has been output from the second data cache to the first data cache, and resuming execution of the second instruction based on the received indication.
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公开(公告)号:US20180239710A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15899138
申请日:2018-02-19
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Kai CHIRCA , Joseph R. M. ZBICIAK , Matthew D. PIERSON
IPC: G06F12/0897 , G06F12/0862 , G06F12/0811 , G06F9/38 , G06F12/0886
CPC classification number: G06F12/0897 , G06F9/3802 , G06F9/3806 , G06F9/3844 , G06F12/0811 , G06F12/0862 , G06F12/0886 , G06F2212/602 , G06F2212/6022 , G06F2212/6028 , Y02D10/13
Abstract: A prefetch unit generates a prefetch address in response to an address associated with a memory read request received from the first or second cache. The prefetch unit includes a prefetch buffer that is arranged to store the prefetch address in an address buffer of a selected slot of the prefetch buffer, where each slot of the prefetch unit includes a buffer for storing a prefetch address, and two sub-slots. Each sub-slot includes a data buffer for storing data that is prefetched using the prefetch address stored in the slot, and one of the two sub-slots of the slot is selected in response to a portion of the generated prefetch address. Subsequent hits on the prefetcher result in returning prefetched data to the requestor in response to a subsequent memory read request received after the initial received memory read request.
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