G06F12/0886

System, apparatus and method for multi-cacheline small object memory tagging
10877897 · 2020-12-29 · ·

In one embodiment, a method includes: in response to a sub-cacheline memory access request, receiving a data-line from a memory coupled to a processor; receiving tag information included in metadata associated with the data-line from the memory; determining, in a memory controller, whether a first tag identifier of the tag information matches a tag portion of an address of the memory line associated with the sub-cacheline memory access request, and in response to determining a match, storing a first portion of the data-line associated with the first tag identifier in a cache line of a cache of the processor, the first portion a sub-cacheline width. This method allows data lines stored in memory associated with multiple different tag metadata to be divided into multiple cachelines comprising the sub-cacheline data associated with a particular metadata address tag. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

System, apparatus and method for multi-cacheline small object memory tagging
10877897 · 2020-12-29 · ·

In one embodiment, a method includes: in response to a sub-cacheline memory access request, receiving a data-line from a memory coupled to a processor; receiving tag information included in metadata associated with the data-line from the memory; determining, in a memory controller, whether a first tag identifier of the tag information matches a tag portion of an address of the memory line associated with the sub-cacheline memory access request, and in response to determining a match, storing a first portion of the data-line associated with the first tag identifier in a cache line of a cache of the processor, the first portion a sub-cacheline width. This method allows data lines stored in memory associated with multiple different tag metadata to be divided into multiple cachelines comprising the sub-cacheline data associated with a particular metadata address tag. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Computing system, and driving method and compiling method thereof

A computing system is disclosed. The computing system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a memory device for storing an application program; a processor for executing a loader for loading data of the application program into a memory space allocated for execution of the application program; a local memory having a width corresponding to the size of a register of the processor; and a constant memory having a width smaller than that of the local memory, wherein, according to the size of constant data included in the application program, the processor loads the constant data into one of the local memory and the constant memory.

Computing system, and driving method and compiling method thereof

A computing system is disclosed. The computing system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a memory device for storing an application program; a processor for executing a loader for loading data of the application program into a memory space allocated for execution of the application program; a local memory having a width corresponding to the size of a register of the processor; and a constant memory having a width smaller than that of the local memory, wherein, according to the size of constant data included in the application program, the processor loads the constant data into one of the local memory and the constant memory.

HISTOGRAM OPERATION

A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions each specifying a data processing operation and at least one data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for sequentially recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the data processing operation and the at least one data operand, and at least one operational unit coupled to a data register file and to an instruction decoder to perform a data processing operation upon at least one operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the data processing operation. The operational unit is configured to increment histogram values in response to a histogram instruction by incrementing a bin entry at a specified location in a specified number of at least one histogram.

LOOK-UP TABLE WRITE
20200379761 · 2020-12-03 ·

A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions each specifying a data processing operation and at least one data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for sequentially recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the data processing operation and the at least one data operand, and at least one operational unit coupled to a data register file and to the instruction decoder to perform a data processing operation upon at least one operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the data processing operation. The at least one operational unit is configured to perform a table write in response to a look up table write instruction by writing at least one data element from a source data register to a specified location in a specified number of at least one table.

LOOK-UP TABLE READ

A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions specifying data processing operations and a data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the operation and the data operand, and an operational unit coupled to a data register file and an instruction decoder to perform an operation upon an operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the operation. The operational unit is configured to perform a table recall in response to a look up table read instruction by recalling data elements from a specified location and adjacent location to the specified location, in a specified number of at least one table and storing the recalled data elements in successive slots in a destination register. Recalled data elements include at least one interpolated data element in the adjacent location.

LOOK-UP TABLE INITIALIZE

A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions specifying a data processing operation and a data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the operation and the data operand, and an operational unit coupled to a data register file and to an instruction decoder to perform a data processing operation upon an operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the data processing operation. The operational unit is configured to perform a table write in response to a look up table initialization instruction by duplicating at least one data element from a source data register to create duplicated data elements, and writing the duplicated data elements to a specified location in a specified number of at least one table and a corresponding location in at least one other table.

LOOK-UP TABLE READ

A digital data processor includes a multi-stage butterfly network, which is configured to, in response to a look up table read instruction, receive look up table data from an intermediate register, reorder the look up table data based on control signals comprising look up table configuration register data, and write the reordered look up table data to a destination register specified by the look up table read instruction.

Pseudo-First In, First Out (FIFO) Tag Line Replacement
20200371958 · 2020-11-26 ·

A method is provided that includes searching tags in a tag group comprised in a tagged memory system for an available tag line during a clock cycle, wherein the tagged memory system includes a plurality of tag lines having respective tags and wherein the tags are divided into a plurality of non-overlapping tag groups, and searching tags in a next tag group of the plurality of tag groups for an available tag line during a next clock cycle when the searching in the tag group does not find an available tag line.