Patents by Inventor Mark I. Luffel

Mark I. Luffel 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: 20230385201
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to private memory management using a mapping thread, which may be persistent. In some embodiments, a graphics processor is configured to generate a pool of private memory pages for a set of graphics work that includes multiple threads. The processor may maintain a translation table configured to map private memory addresses to virtual addresses based on identifiers of the threads. The processor may execute a mapping thread to receive a request to allocate a private memory page for a requesting thread, select a private memory page from the pool in response to the request, and map the selected page in the translation table for the requesting. The processor may then execute one or more instructions of the requesting thread to access a private memory space, wherein the execution includes translation of a private memory address to a virtual address based on the mapped page in the translation table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Benjiman L. Goodman, Terence M. Potter, Anjana Rajendran, Mark I. Luffel, William V. Miller
  • Patent number: 11714759
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to private memory management using a mapping thread, which may be persistent. In some embodiments, a graphics processor is configured to generate a pool of private memory pages for a set of graphics work that includes multiple threads. The processor may maintain a translation table configured to map private memory addresses to virtual addresses based on identifiers of the threads. The processor may execute a mapping thread to receive a request to allocate a private memory page for a requesting thread, select a private memory page from the pool in response to the request, and map the selected page in the translation table for the requesting. The processor may then execute one or more instructions of the requesting thread to access a private memory space, wherein the execution includes translation of a private memory address to a virtual address based on the mapped page in the translation table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjiman L. Goodman, Terence M. Potter, Anjana Rajendran, Mark I. Luffel, William V. Miller
  • Publication number: 20220050790
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to private memory management using a mapping thread, which may be persistent. In some embodiments, a graphics processor is configured to generate a pool of private memory pages for a set of graphics work that includes multiple threads. The processor may maintain a translation table configured to map private memory addresses to virtual addresses based on identifiers of the threads. The processor may execute a mapping thread to receive a request to allocate a private memory page for a requesting thread, select a private memory page from the pool in response to the request, and map the selected page in the translation table for the requesting. The processor may then execute one or more instructions of the requesting thread to access a private memory space, wherein the execution includes translation of a private memory address to a virtual address based on the mapped page in the translation table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Benjiman L. Goodman, Terence M. Potter, Anjana Rajendran, Mark I. Luffel, William V. Miller