摘要:
A system and associated method for distributing signals with efficiency over a microprocessor. A performance monitoring unit (PMU) sends configuration signals to a unit to monitor an event occurring on the unit. The unit is attached to a configuration bus and an event bus that are daisy-chained from PMU to other units in the microprocessor. The configuration bus transmits configuration signals from the PMU to the unit to set the unit to report the event. The unit sends event signals to the PMU through the event bus. The unit is configured upon receiving configuration signals comprising a base address of a bus ramp of the unit. A number of units and a number of events for monitoring is flexibly selected by adjusting a length of bit fields within configuration signals.
摘要:
A system and associated method for distributing signals with efficiency over a microprocessor. A performance monitoring unit (PMU) sends configuration signals to a unit to monitor an event occurring on the unit. The unit is attached to a configuration bus and an event bus that are daisy-chained from PMU to other units in the microprocessor. The configuration bus transmits configuration signals from the PMU to the unit to set the unit to report the event. The unit sends event signals to the PMU through the event bus. The unit is configured upon receiving configuration signals comprising a base address of a bus ramp of the unit. A number of units and a number of events for monitoring is flexibly selected by adjusting a length of bit fields within configuration signals.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for arbitrating requests from masters to grant access to shared resources, wherein each master has an individual weight. The method comprises the steps of assigning time slots to the masters depending on the weights of the masters, mapping the current time slot index (32) to a reordering index (30), receiving a plurality of requests from N masters, reordering the requests into a request vector (14) depending on the reordering index (30), searching for predetermined logical values in the request vector (14), generating a grant vector (18) according to the index of the found logical values in the request vector (14), inversely reordering the grant vector (18) into an output grant vector (22) depending on the reordering index (30), and calculating a new time slot index (32) on the basis of the current time slot index (30) and the grant vector (18). Further the present invention relates to a system for performing the method.
摘要:
A mechanism for power management of processors using Pstates is provided. In a chiplet of a processor in a data processing system, a request is received to change a Pstate from a current Pstate to a requested Pstate. A determination is made as to whether the requested Pstate is less than or equal to a maximum Pstate. Responsive to the requested Pstate being less than or equal to the maximum Pstate, a frequency associated with the requested Pstate is computed thereby forming a computed frequency. An operating frequency of the chiplet is then adjusted to the computed frequency without involvement from a central power control entity.
摘要:
A mechanism for power management of processors using Pstates is provided. In a chiplet of a processor in a data processing system, a request is received to change a Pstate from a current Pstate to a requested Pstate. A determination is made as to whether the requested Pstate is less than or equal to a maximum Pstate. Responsive to the requested Pstate being less than or equal to the maximum Pstate, a frequency associated with the requested Pstate is computed thereby forming a computed frequency. An operating frequency of the chiplet is then adjusted to the computed frequency without involvement from a central power control entity.
摘要:
A secure Power-on Reset (POR) engine is provided, inside a processor chip, which guarantees a secure initialization of the chip to enable secure code execution. External access to chip resources is limited to a very few targeted settings that do not compromise the chip security. The POR engine comprises a small state machine that runs through a predefined sequence coded in persistent memory contained in the processor chip. The state machine initializes the chip and allows external access from an external processor to only some scan chains of the processor chip in order to configure interfaces, and the like, without compromising the chip security. The state machine also manages the encryption keys that are used to verify that the code, fetched by the processor to complete the initialization in software, is not modified by a third party.
摘要:
A secure Power-on Reset (POR) engine is provided, inside a processor chip, which guarantees a secure initialization of the chip to enable secure code execution. External access to chip resources is limited to a very few targeted settings that do not compromise the chip security. The POR engine comprises a small state machine that runs through a predefined sequence coded in persistent memory contained in the processor chip. The state machine initializes the chip and allows external access from an external processor to only some scan chains of the processor chip in order to configure interfaces, and the like, without compromising the chip security. The state machine also manages the encryption keys that are used to verify that the code, fetched by the processor to complete the initialization in software, is not modified by a third party.
摘要:
A photo detector device comprising a first layer comprising a first material, and a second layer arranged adjacent to the first layer, the second layer comprising strained silicon, wherein the second layer further comprises a light absorption region located substantially within the strained silicon, wherein the first or the second layer is arranged on a substrate.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for designing a device to operate in a coupling mode, a detection mode, or a reflection mode for incident light. The incident light has a wavelength λ and is incident upon a semiconductor structure of the device at an angle of incidence (θi). A voltage (V) is applied to the device. Each mode may be designed for an ON state and/or OFF state. For the coupling mode and detection mode, the ON state and OFF state is characterized by high and low absorption of the incident light, respectively, by the semiconductor structure in conjunction with the applied voltage V and angle of incidence θi. For the reflection mode, the OFF state and ON states is characterized by a shift in the optical path length of λ/2 and about zero, respectively, in conjunction with the applied voltage V and angle of incidences θi.
摘要:
A photo detector device comprising a first layer comprising a first material, and a second layer arranged adjacent to the first layer, the second layer comprising strained silicon, wherein the second layer further comprises a light absorption region located substantially within the strained silicon, wherein the first or the second layer is arranged on a substrate.