Method and Apparatus for Offloading Tasks to Accelerator for Enhancing System Performance Using Configurable Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20220092398A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-24

    申请号:US17478901

    申请日:2021-09-18

    IPC分类号: G06N3/063 G06N3/04 G06N3/08

    摘要: A method and/or apparatus using programmable device for parallel processing logic operations is disclosed. The apparatus, such as a semiconductor integrated circuit die, includes an input memory, a processing unit, and an accelerator. The input memory is used to buffer input signals from an external component. The processing unit, such as a microcontroller, retrieves the input signals from the input memory and generates pre-processed data in accordance with the input signals. The first configured circuit containing configurable logic blocks (“LBs”) of a field programmable logic array (“FPGA”), in one embodiment, is programmed as an accelerator to perform one or more neural networking functions. For example, the accelerator is able to process a set of convolutional operation in response to at least a portion of the pre-processed data offloaded from the processing unit for identifying a result or reference.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE POWER DOMAINS A PROGRAMMABLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210376834A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17325025

    申请日:2021-05-19

    摘要: A semiconductor device, able to be selectively configured to perform one or more user defined logic functions, includes a semiconductor die and a selectable power regulator. The semiconductor die, in one aspect, includes a first region and a second region. The first region is operatable to perform a first set of logic functions based on a first power domain having a first voltage. The second region is configured to perform a second set of logic functions based on a second power domain having a second voltage. The selectable power regulator, in one embodiment, provides the second voltage for facilitating the second power domain in the second region of the semiconductor die in response to at least one enabling input from the first region of the semiconductor die.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND RECOGNITION OF A DIGITAL IMAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20230103119A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17489749

    申请日:2021-09-29

    摘要: An automatic measuring system containing configurable integrated circuits is able to process information via captured images. The automatic measuring system includes a metering instrument, a camera, a recognition module, and a localization module. The metering instrument has at least one display for visually displaying a number and measures the amount of measurable substance or resources (i.e., electricity and water) consumed. The camera captures an image of the number representing at least a portion the amount of measurable substance. The recognition module is operable to generate a value in response to the image and the coordinates wherein the coordinates are used to decode the image via restoring captured image to the original readout counter value. The localization module is removably or remotely coupled to the camera and operable to generate the coordinates in accordance with the image captured by the camera.

    Method and Apparatus for Providing Multiple Power Domains to A Programmable Semiconductor Device

    公开(公告)号:US20220393685A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17891154

    申请日:2022-08-19

    摘要: A semiconductor device, able to be selectively configured to perform one or more user defined logic functions, includes a semiconductor die and a selectable power regulator. The semiconductor die, in one aspect, includes a first region and a second region. The first region is operatable to perform a first set of logic functions based on a first power domain having a first voltage. The second region is configured to perform a second set of logic functions based on a second power domain having a second voltage. The selectable power regulator, in one embodiment, provides the second voltage for facilitating the second power domain in the second region of the semiconductor die in response to at least one enabling input from the first region of the semiconductor die.

    Method and apparatus for providing multiple power domains a programmable semiconductor device

    公开(公告)号:US11496135B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17325025

    申请日:2021-05-19

    摘要: A semiconductor device, able to be selectively configured to perform one or more user defined logic functions, includes a semiconductor die and a selectable power regulator. The semiconductor die, in one aspect, includes a first region and a second region. The first region is operatable to perform a first set of logic functions based on a first power domain having a first voltage. The second region is configured to perform a second set of logic functions based on a second power domain having a second voltage. The selectable power regulator, in one embodiment, provides the second voltage for facilitating the second power domain in the second region of the semiconductor die in response to at least one enabling input from the first region of the semiconductor die.

    Method and apparatus for providing C-PHY interface via FPGA IO interface

    公开(公告)号:US11899608B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-13

    申请号:US17746563

    申请日:2022-05-17

    摘要: A method and/or process of interface bridging device for providing a C physical layer (“C-PHY”) input output interface via a field programmable gate arrays (“FPGA”) is disclosed. The process, in one aspect, is capable of coupling a first wire of data lane 0 to a first terminal of first IO serializer of FPGA for receiving first data from a D-PHY transmitter of a first device and coupling a second wire of the data lane 0 to a second terminal of the first IO serializer of FPGA for receiving second data from the D-PHY transmitter. Upon activating a first scalable low-voltage signal to generate a first value on P channel and a second value on N channel in response to the first data and the second data, a first signal on first wire of trio 0 for a C-PHY output is generated based on the first value on the P channel.