公开(公告)号：US11789742B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17688260

申请日：2022-03-07

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy D. Anderson ,  Duc Bui ,  Joseph Zbiciak ,  Reid E. Tatge

IPC: G06F9/38

CPC classification number: G06F9/3867 ,  G06F9/3838

Abstract: Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising a method for executing a plurality of instructions by a processor. The method comprises detecting a pipeline hazard based on one or more instructions provided for execution by an instruction execution pipeline, beginning execution of an instruction, of the one or more instructions on the instruction execution pipeline, stalling a portion of the instruction execution pipeline based on the detected pipeline hazard, storing a register state associated with the execution of the instruction based on the stalling, determining that the pipeline hazard has been resolved, and restoring the register state to the instruction execution pipeline based on the determination.

公开(公告)号：US11501024B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16047298

申请日：2018-07-27

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy D. Anderson ,  Joseph R. M. Zbiciak ,  Matthew D. Pierson ,  Kai Chirca

IPC: G06F21/78 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F21/79 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F13/30 ,  G06F12/0831 ,  H04L9/40 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F12/1081 ,  G06F13/28 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F12/0842

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a security firewall having a security hierarchy including: secure master (SM); secure guest (SG); and non-secure (NS). There is one secure master and n secure guests. The firewall includes one secure region for secure master and one secure region for secure guests. The SM region only allows access from the secure master and the SG region allows accesses from any secure transaction. Finally, the non-secure region can be implemented two ways. In a first option, non-secure regions may be accessed only upon non-secure transactions. In a second option, non-secure regions may be accessed any processing core. In this second option, the access is downgraded to a non-secure access if the security identity is secure master or secure guest. If the two security levels are not needed the secure master can unlock the SM region to allow any secure guest access to the SM region.

公开(公告)号：US20220214878A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17705453

申请日：2022-03-28

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy D. Anderson ,  Duc Bui

IPC: G06F9/30

Abstract: A method to reverse source data in a processor in response to a vector reverse instruction includes specifying, in respective fields of the vector reverse instruction, a source register containing the source data and a destination register. The source register includes a plurality of lanes and each lane contains a data element, and the destination register includes a plurality of lanes corresponding to the lanes of the source register. The method further includes executing the vector reverse instruction by creating reversed source data by reversing the order of the data elements, and storing the reversed source data in the destination register.

公开(公告)号：US11269650B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16685747

申请日：2019-11-15

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy D. Anderson ,  Duc Bui ,  Joseph Zbiciak ,  Reid E. Tatge

IPC: G06F9/38

Abstract: Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising a method for executing a plurality of instructions by a processor. The method comprises detecting a pipeline hazard based on one or more instructions provided for execution by an instruction execution pipeline, beginning execution of an instruction, of the one or more instructions on the instruction execution pipeline, stalling a portion of the instruction execution pipeline based on the detected pipeline hazard, storing a register state associated with the execution of the instruction based on the stalling, determining that the pipeline hazard has been resolved, and restoring the register state to the instruction execution pipeline based on the determination.

公开(公告)号：US20210216313A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17215013

申请日：2021-03-29

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Duc Bui ,  Peter Richard Dent ,  Timothy D. Anderson

IPC: G06F9/30

Abstract: A method to compare first and second source data in a processor in response to a vector maximum with indexing instruction includes specifying first and second source registers containing first and second source data, a destination register storing compared data, and a predicate register. Each of the registers includes a plurality of lanes. The method includes executing the instruction by, for each lane in the first and second source register, comparing a value in the lane of the first source register to a value in the corresponding lane of the second source register to identify a maximum value, storing the maximum value in a corresponding lane of the destination register, asserting a corresponding lane of the predicate register if the maximum value is from the first source register, and de-asserting the corresponding lane of the predicate register if the maximum value is from the second source register.

公开(公告)号：US20190354500A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

申请号：US16430748

申请日：2019-06-04

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

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

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42 ,  H04L12/801 ,  G06F13/364 ,  H04L12/819

Abstract: This invention is a bus communication protocol. A master device stores bus credits. The master device may transmit a bus transaction only if it holds sufficient number and type of bus credits. Upon transmission, the master device decrements the number of stored bus credits. The bus credits correspond to resources on a slave device for receiving bus transactions. The slave device must receive the bus transaction if accompanied by the proper credits. The slave device services the transaction. The slave device then transmits a credit return. The master device adds the corresponding number and types of credits to the stored amount. The slave device is ready to accept another bus transaction and the master device is re-enabled to initiate the bus transaction. In many types of interactions a bus agent may act as both master and slave depending upon the state of the process.

公开(公告)号：US20190146790A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US16227238

申请日：2018-12-20

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy D. Anderson ,  Joseph Zbiciak ,  Duc Quang Bui ,  Abhijeet Chachad ,  Kai Chirca ,  Naveen Bhoria ,  Matthew D. Pierson ,  Daniel Wu ,  Ramakrishnan Venkatasubramanian

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

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a data processing apparatus having a processing core, a memory, and a streaming engine. The streaming engine is configured to receive a plurality of data elements stored in the memory and to provide the plurality of data elements as a data stream to the processing core, and includes an address generator to generate addresses corresponding to locations in the memory, a buffer to store the data elements received from the locations in the memory corresponding to the generated addresses, and an output to supply the data elements received from the memory to the processing core as the data stream.

公开(公告)号：US20180365122A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US16112996

申请日：2018-08-27

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Joseph Zbiciak ,  Timothy D. Anderson ,  Duc Bui ,  Kai Chirca

IPC: G06F11/30 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F11/27 ,  G06F12/0862 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/345

Abstract: This invention is a streaming engine employed in a digital signal processor. A fixed data stream sequence is specified by a control register. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by a central processing unit and stores it in a stream buffer. Upon occurrence of a fault reading data from memory, the streaming engine identifies the data element triggering the fault preferably storing this address in a fault address register. The streaming engine defers signaling the fault to the central processing unit until this data element is used as an operand. If the data element is never used by the central processing unit, the streaming engine never signals the fault. The streaming engine preferably stores data identifying the fault in a fault source register. The fault address register and the fault source register are preferably extended control registers accessible only via a debugger.

公开(公告)号：US10061675B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US15384378

申请日：2016-12-20

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Joseph Zbiciak ,  Timothy D. Anderson ,  Duc Bui ,  Kai Chirca

IPC: G06F9/312 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F13/38 ,  G06F13/36 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/0862 ,  G06F11/27 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/345 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/10

CPC classification number: G06F11/3037 ,  G06F9/30014 ,  G06F9/30036 ,  G06F9/30112 ,  G06F9/30145 ,  G06F9/345 ,  G06F9/383 ,  G06F9/3867 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F11/27 ,  G06F12/0862 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F13/1673 ,  G06F2212/452 ,  G06F2212/602

Abstract: This invention is a streaming engine employed in a digital signal processor. A fixed data stream sequence is specified by a control register. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by a central processing unit and stores it in a stream buffer. Upon occurrence of a fault reading data from memory, the streaming engine identifies the data element triggering the fault preferably storing this address in a fault address register. The streaming engine defers signaling the fault to the central processing unit until this data element is used as an operand. If the data element is never used by the central processing unit, the streaming engine never signals the fault. The streaming engine preferably stores data identifying the fault in a fault source register. The fault address register and the fault source register are preferably extended control registers accessible only via a debugger.

公开(公告)号：US09557936B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-31

申请号：US14587234

申请日：2014-12-31

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Timothy D. Anderson ,  Joseph Zbiciak ,  Abhijeet A. Chachad ,  Kai Chirca ,  Naveen Bhoria ,  David M. Thompson ,  Jonathan (Son) Hung Tran ,  Ramakrishnan Venkatasubramanian

IPC: G06F11/10 ,  G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/0673 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/064 ,  G06F11/1048

Abstract: This invention is data processing apparatus and method. Data is protecting from corruption using an error correction code by generating an error correction code corresponding to the data. In this invention the data and the corresponding error correction code are carried forward to another set of registers without regenerating the error correction code or using the error correction code for error detection or correction. Only later are error correction detection and correction actions taken. The differing data/error correction code registers may be in differing pipeline phases in the data processing apparatus. This invention forwards the error correction code with the data through the entire datapath that carries the data. This invention provides error protection to the whole datapath without requiring extensive hardware or additional time.

Abstract translation: 本发明是数据处理装置和方法。 通过产生对应于该数据的纠错码，使用纠错码来防止数据损坏。 在本发明中，将数据和相应的纠错码转发到另一组寄存器，而不用再生纠错码或使用纠错码进行错误检测或校正。 只有以后才采取纠错检测和纠正措施。 在数据处理装置中不同的数据/纠错码寄存器可能处于不同的流水线相位。 本发明通过携带数据的整个数据路径转发具有数据的纠错码。 本发明为整个数据路径提供错误保护，而不需要大量硬件或额外的时间。