公开(公告)号：US11580024B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-14

申请号：US17492776

申请日：2021-10-04

Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated

Inventor： Abhijeet Ashok Chachad ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Kai Chirca ,  David Matthew Thompson

IPC: G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/0842 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/0888 ,  G06F1/14 ,  G06F9/54

Abstract: In described examples, a processor system includes a processor core generating memory transactions, a lower level cache memory with a lower memory controller, and a higher level cache memory with a higher memory controller having a memory pipeline. The higher memory controller is connected to the lower memory controller by a bypass path that skips the memory pipeline. The higher memory controller: determines whether a memory transaction is a bypass write, which is a memory write request indicated not to result in a corresponding write being directed to the higher level cache memory; if the memory transaction is determined a bypass write, determines whether a memory transaction that prevents passing is in the memory pipeline; and if no transaction that prevents passing is determined to be in the memory pipeline, sends the memory transaction to the lower memory controller using the bypass path.

公开(公告)号：US20230032348A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17956960

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Naveen Bhoria ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Pete Michael Hippleheuser

IPC: G06F12/0888 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/128 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G11C7/10 ,  G11C29/42 ,  G11C29/44 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0853 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/121 ,  G06F12/0884 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F12/0895 ,  G06F12/0864 ,  G11C7/22 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G06F15/80 ,  G06F12/0802

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for allocation in a victim cache system. An example apparatus includes a first cache storage, a second cache storage, a cache controller coupled to the first cache storage and the second cache storage and operable to receive a memory operation that specifies an address, determine, based on the address, that the memory operation evicts a first set of data from the first cache storage, determine that the first set of data is unmodified relative to an extended memory, and cause the first set of data to be stored in the second cache storage.

公开(公告)号：US11550575B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17387260

申请日：2021-07-28

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy David Anderson ,  Mujibur Rahman

IPC: G06F9/30 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06F7/487 ,  G06F7/499 ,  G06F7/24 ,  H03H17/06 ,  G06F7/53 ,  G06F9/38

Abstract: A method for sorting of a vector in a processor is provided that includes performing, by the processor in response to a vector sort instruction, sorting of values stored in lanes of the vector to generate a sorted vector, wherein the values are sorted in an order indicated by the vector sort instruction, and storing the sorted vector in a storage location.

公开(公告)号：US11494224B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US16882329

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Abhijeet Ashok Chachad ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  David Matthew Thompson

IPC: G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F9/448 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F12/0813 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F12/0871 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/0888 ,  G06F12/0831 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F12/121

Abstract: An apparatus includes a CPU core, a first cache subsystem coupled to the CPU core, and a second memory coupled to the cache subsystem. The first cache subsystem includes a configuration register, a first memory, and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive a request directed to an address in the second memory and, in response to the configuration register having a first value, operate in a non-caching mode. In the non-caching mode, the controller is configured to provide the request to the second memory without caching data returned by the request in the first memory. In response to the configuration register having a second value, the controller is configured to operate in a caching mode. In the caching mode the controller is configured to provide the request to the second memory and cache data returned by the request in the first memory.

公开(公告)号：US11487616B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US16874516

申请日：2020-05-14

Applicant: Texas Instruments incorporated

Inventor： Abhijeet Ashok Chachad ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  David Matthew Thompson ,  Daniel Brad Wu

IPC: G06F11/10 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/126

Abstract: In described examples, a processor system includes a processor core that generates memory write requests, and a cache memory with a memory controller having a memory pipeline. The cache memory has cache lines of length L. The cache memory has a minimum write length that is less than a cache line length of the cache memory. The memory pipeline determines whether the data payload includes a first chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a partial write and are writable by a first cache write operation, and a second chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a full write operation that can be performed separately from the first cache write operation. The memory pipeline performs an RMW operation to store the first chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory, and performs the full write operation to store the second chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory.

公开(公告)号：US11461236B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16882244

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Naveen Bhoria ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Pete Michael Hippleheuser

IPC: G06F12/08 ,  G06F12/0888 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/128 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G11C7/10 ,  G11C29/42 ,  G11C29/44 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0853 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/121 ,  G06F12/0884 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F12/0895 ,  G06F12/0864 ,  G11C7/22 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G06F15/80 ,  G06F12/0802

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for allocation in a victim cache system. An example apparatus includes a first cache storage, a second cache storage, a cache controller coupled to the first cache storage and the second cache storage and operable to receive a memory operation that specifies an address, determine, based on the address, that the memory operation evicts a first set of data from the first cache storage, determine that the first set of data is unmodified relative to an extended memory, and cause the first set of data to be stored in the second cache storage.

公开(公告)号：US20220308648A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17838368

申请日：2022-06-13

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy David Anderson ,  Duc Quang Bui

IPC: G06F1/28 ,  G06F13/26 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F1/3206 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F1/3234

Abstract: The vector data path is divided into smaller vector lanes. A register such as a memory mapped control register stores a vector lane number (VLX) indicating the number of vector lanes to be powered. A decoder converts this VLX into a vector lane control word, each bit controlling the ON of OFF state of the corresponding vector lane. This number of contiguous least significant vector lanes are powered. In the preferred embodiment the stored data VLX indicates that 2VLX contiguous least significant vector lanes are to be powered. Thus the number of vector lanes powered is limited to an integral power of 2. This manner of coding produces a very compact controlling bit field while obtaining substantially all the power saving advantage of individually controlling the power of all vector lanes.

公开(公告)号：US20220164188A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17670611

申请日：2022-02-14

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： William Franklin Leven ,  Asheesh Bhardwaj ,  Son Hung Tran ,  Timothy David Anderson

IPC: G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F9/32 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F9/345

Abstract: Software instructions are executed on a processor within a computer system to configure a steaming engine with stream parameters to define a multidimensional array. The stream parameters define a size for each dimension of the multidimensional array and a specified width for two selected dimensions of the array. Data is fetched from a memory coupled to the streaming engine responsive to the stream parameters. A stream of vectors is formed for the multidimensional array responsive to the stream parameters from the data fetched from memory. When either selected dimension in the stream of vectors exceeds a respective specified width, the streaming engine inserts null elements into each portion of a respective vector for the selected dimension that exceeds the specified width in the stream of vectors. Stream vectors that are completely null are formed by the streaming engine without accessing the system memory for respective data.

公开(公告)号：US11334494B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US16882387

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Naveen Bhoria ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Pete Hippleheuser

IPC: G06F12/0888 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/0811 ,  G06F12/128 ,  G06F12/0817 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G11C7/10 ,  G11C29/42 ,  G11C29/44 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/12 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0853 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/121 ,  G06F12/0884 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F12/0895 ,  G06F12/0864 ,  G11C7/22 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G06F15/80 ,  G06F12/0802

Abstract: Techniques for caching data are provided that include receiving, by a caching system, a write memory command for a memory address, the write memory command associated with a first color tag, determining, by a first sub-cache of the caching system, that the memory address is not cached in the first sub-cache, determining, by second sub-cache of the caching system, that the memory address is not cached in the second sub-cache, storing first data associated with the first write memory command in a cache line of the second sub-cache, storing the first color tag in the second sub-cache, receiving a second write memory command for the cache line, the write memory command associated with a second color tag, merging the second color tag with the first color tag, storing the merged color tag, and evicting the cache line based on the merged color tag.

公开(公告)号：US11307858B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US16827875

申请日：2020-03-24

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak ,  Timothy David Anderson ,  Jonathan (Son) Hung Tran ,  Kai Chirca ,  Daniel Wu ,  Abhijeet Ashok Chachad ,  David M. Thompson

IPC: G06F9/345 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F12/0875 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/32 ,  G06F12/0897 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F12/0862 ,  G06F12/1036

Abstract: A stream of data is accessed from a memory system using a stream of addresses generated in a first mode of operating a streaming engine in response to executing a first stream instruction. A block cache preload operation is performed on a cache in the memory using a block of addresses generated in a second mode of operating the streaming engine in response to executing a second stream instruction.