公开(公告)号：US10185606B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15096966

申请日：2016-04-12

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Peter Yan ,  Alan Gatherer ,  Alex Elisa Chandra ,  Lee Dobson Mcfearin ,  Mark Brown ,  Debashis Bhattacharya ,  Fang Yu ,  Xingfeng Chen ,  Yan Bei ,  Ke Ning ,  Chushun Huang ,  Tong Sun ,  Xiaotao Chen

IPC: G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F13/28

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for inter-process communication are provided. A circuit may have a plurality of clusters, and at least one cluster may have a computation element (CE), a memory operatively coupled with the CE, and an autonomic transport system (ATS) block operatively coupled with the CE and the memory. The ATS block may be configured to perform inter-process communication (IPC) for the at least one cluster. In one embodiment, the ATS block may transfer a message to a different cluster based on a request from the CE. In another embodiment, the ATS block may receive a message by allocating a buffer in the memory and write the message into the buffer. The ATS block may also be configured to manage synchronization and schedule tasks for the CE.

公开(公告)号：US20170293512A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-12

申请号：US15096966

申请日：2016-04-12

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Peter Yan ,  Alan Gatherer ,  Alex Elisa Chandra ,  Lee Dobson Mcfearin ,  Mark Brown ,  Debashis Bhattacharya ,  Fang Yu ,  Xingfeng Chen ,  Yan Bei ,  Ke Ning ,  Chushun Huang ,  Tong Sun ,  Xiaotao Chen

IPC: G06F9/54 ,  G06F13/28

CPC classification number: G06F9/546 ,  G06F13/28

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for inter-process communication are provided. A circuit may have a plurality of clusters, and at least one cluster may have a computation element (CE), a memory operatively coupled with the CE, and an autonomic transport system (ATS) block operatively coupled with the CE and the memory. The ATS block may be configured to perform inter-process communication (IPC) for the at least one cluster. In one embodiment, the ATS block may transfer a message to a different cluster based on a request from the CE. In another embodiment, the ATS block may receive a message by allocating a buffer in the memory and write the message into the buffer. The ATS block may also be configured to manage synchronization and schedule tasks for the CE.