Patents by Inventor Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana

Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220130342
    Abstract: Refreshing displays using on-die cache, including: determining that a static display condition has been met; storing, in cache memory of a processor, first display data; and displaying the first display data from the cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: ASHISH JAIN, DHIRENDRA PARTAP SINGH RANA, SAMUEL NAFFZIGER, GIA TUNG PHAN, BENJAMIN TSIEN
  • Patent number: 10528478
    Abstract: Techniques for managing page tables for an accelerated processing device are provided. The page tables for the accelerated processing device include a primary page table and secondary page tables. The page size selected for any particular secondary page table is dependent on characteristics of the memory allocations for which translations are stored in the secondary page table. Any particular memory allocation is associated with a particular “initial” page size. Translations for multiple allocations may be placed into a single secondary page table, and a particular page size is chosen for all such translations. The page size is the smallest of the natural page sizes for the allocations that are not using a translate further technique. The translation further technique is a technique wherein secondary page table entries do not themselves provide translations but instead point to an additional page table level referred to as the translate further page table level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventor: Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana
  • Patent number: 10310985
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for accessing and managing memories are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes at least first and second processors and first and second memories. The first processor maintains a request log with entries identifying requests that have been made to pages stored in the second memory. The first processor generates an indication for the second processor to process the request log when the number of entries in the request log reaches a programmable threshold. The second processor dynamically adjusts the programmable threshold based on one or more first conditions. The second processor also processes the request log responsive to detecting the indication. Additionally, the second processor determines whether to migrate pages from the second memory to the first memory based on one or more second conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana, Conrad Lai, Jeffrey G. Cheng
  • Publication number: 20180373641
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for accessing and managing memories are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes at least first and second processors and first and second memories. The first processor maintains a request log with entries identifying requests that have been made to pages stored in the second memory. The first processor generates an indication for the second processor to process the request log when the number of entries in the request log reaches a programmable threshold. The second processor dynamically adjusts the programmable threshold based on one or more first conditions. The second processor also processes the request log responsive to detecting the indication. Additionally, the second processor determines whether to migrate pages from the second memory to the first memory based on one or more second conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana, Conrad Lai, Jeffrey G. Cheng
  • Publication number: 20180349286
    Abstract: Techniques for managing page tables for an accelerated processing device are provided. The page tables for the accelerated processing device include a primary page table and secondary page tables. The page size selected for any particular secondary page table is dependent on characteristics of the memory allocations for which translations are stored in the secondary page table. Any particular memory allocation is associated with a particular “initial” page size. Translations for multiple allocations may be placed into a single secondary page table, and a particular page size is chosen for all such translations. The page size is the smallest of the natural page sizes for the allocations that are not using a translate further technique. The translation further technique is a technique wherein secondary page table entries do not themselves provide translations but instead point to an additional page table level referred to as the translate further page table level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana
  • Publication number: 20180300253
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a translate further mechanism are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a processor detects a hit to a first entry of a page table structure during a first lookup to the page table structure. The processor retrieves a page table entry address from the first entry and uses this address to perform a second lookup to the page table structure responsive to detecting a first indication in the first entry. The processor retrieves a physical address from the first entry and uses the physical address to access the memory subsystem responsive to not detecting the first indication in the first entry. In one embodiment, the first indication is a translate further bit being set. In another embodiment, the first indication is a page directory entry as page table entry field not being activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Wade K. Smith, Anthony Asaro, Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana
  • Patent number: 9588902
    Abstract: A method for translating a virtual memory address into a physical memory address includes parsing the virtual memory address into a page directory entry offset, a page table entry offset, and an access offset. The page directory entry offset is combined with a virtual memory base address to locate a page directory entry in a page directory block, wherein the page directory entry includes a native page table size field and a page table block base address. The page table entry offset and the page table block base address are combined to locate a page table entry, wherein the page table entry includes a physical memory page base address and a size of the physical memory page is indicated by the native page table size field. The access offset and the physical memory page base address are combined to determine the physical memory address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies, ULC
    Inventors: Elene Terry, Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana
  • Publication number: 20140156968
    Abstract: A method for translating a virtual memory address into a physical memory address includes parsing the virtual memory address into a page directory entry offset, a page table entry offset, and an access offset. The page directory entry offset is combined with a virtual memory base address to locate a page directory entry in a page directory block, wherein the page directory entry includes a native page table size field and a page table block base address. The page table entry offset and the page table block base address are combined to locate a page table entry, wherein the page table entry includes a physical memory page base address and a size of the physical memory page is indicated by the native page table size field. The access offset and the physical memory page base address are combined to determine the physical memory address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Elene Terry, Dhirendra Partap Singh Rana