Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for memory interface circuit allocation in a configurable spatial accelerator
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Application No.: US16370928Application Date: 2019-03-30
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Publication No.: US10915471B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Kermin ChoFleming , Yu Bai , Simon C. Steely
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP
- Main IPC: G06F13/16
- IPC: G06F13/16 ; G06F16/901 ; G06F12/0806

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to memory interface circuit allocation in a configurable spatial accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a configurable spatial accelerator (CSA) includes a plurality of processing elements; a plurality of request address file (RAF) circuits, and a circuit switched interconnect network between the plurality of processing elements and the RAF circuits. As a dataflow architecture, embodiments of CSA have a unique memory architecture where memory accesses are decoupled into an explicit request and response phase allowing pipelining through memory. Certain embodiments herein provide for an improved memory sub-system design via the improvements to allocation discussed herein.
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