Packet processing cache
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10298496B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15716036

    申请日:2017-09-26

    Abstract: A data or packet processing device such as a network interface controller may include cache control logic that is configured to receive a first request for processing a first data packet associated with the queue identifier, and obtain a set of memory descriptors associated with the queue identifier from the memory. The set of descriptors can be stored in the cache. When a second request for processing a second data packet associated with the queue identifier is received, the cache control logic can determine that the cache is storing memory descriptors for processing the second data packet, and provide the memory descriptors used for processing the second packet.

    Hardware-software interaction testing using formal verification

    公开(公告)号:US11544436B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US17353715

    申请日:2021-06-21

    Abstract: Hardware-software interaction testing is performed using formal verification for language-specified hardware designs. A description of valid access using an interface for a configuration space of a language specified hardware design and a description of a valid output of the language-specified hardware design is received. Formal verification is performed on the language-specified hardware design using the interface for the configuration space according to the description of valid access using the interface. A sequence of access to the configuration space using the interface that causes a failure to produce the valid output of the language-specified hardware design according to the description of valid output to identify as an error for the language-specified hardware design.

    Fuzzy scoreboard
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12175178B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17457807

    申请日:2021-12-06

    Abstract: A fuzzy scoreboard can compute, using a signature function, a first signature of an expected data stream associated with an input data stream that is being inputted to a design-under-test (DUT) for a datapath test. The first signature of the expected data stream can be stored without storing the expected data stream. The fuzzy scoreboard can also compute, using the same signature function, a second signature of an output data stream that is outputted from the DUT during the datapath test. The first signature can be compared with the second signature to determine whether there is a match. Storing the first signature of the expected data stream without storing the expected data stream can reduce the memory space consumed by the fuzzy scoreboard.

    Dedicated communications cache
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11182103B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16261198

    申请日:2019-01-29

    Abstract: A dedicated input/output (I/O) cache can be used for I/O-to-processor communications. Data received from an I/O device can be written to the I/O cache and also written to a device memory that is accessible to the processor. The processor can then access the data in the fast, dedicated I/O cache if available. Otherwise, the processor can read the data from the memory into a conventional processor cache for processing. Writes to the cache can be full or partial, with partial writes utilizing padding in some embodiments. The data can be written sequentially in a circular manner. Data processed by the processor can be invalidated, and invalidated data can be overwritten on a subsequent write. Phase bits can also be used to indicate the pass during which various writes were performed.

    Environmental modification testing for design correctness with formal verification

    公开(公告)号:US10929584B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16712933

    申请日:2019-12-12

    Abstract: Environmental modification testing with a formal verification is implemented for language-specified hardware designs. A language-specified hardware design may be received. A reference copy of the language-specified hardware design may be created. A formal verification may be performed on both the language-specified hardware design and the reference copy with a same input data. Different environmental assumptions for processing the same input data through the reference copy and the language-specified hardware design may be applied. An output value of the language-specified hardware design may be compared with an output value of the reference copy to determine whether those output values match. Error indications may be provided based on a result of the comparison.

    Controlling shared resources and context data

    公开(公告)号:US10228869B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15716010

    申请日:2017-09-26

    Abstract: Techniques for controlling access to shared resources may include receiving multiple requests to access shared information associated with an identifier. For each of the requests, an entry in a linked list can be allocated to the request, and each entry can be associated with the identifier. The shared information associated with the identifier can be retrieved, and stored in each entry associated with the identifier. A conflict indicator is set in each entry to indicate whether the shared information is available for the request corresponding to the entry. The shared information stored in each entry is provided for each request after the conflict indicator in the corresponding entry indicates the shared information is available for the request.

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