Patents by Inventor Nafea Bshara

Nafea Bshara 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: 20240134811
    Abstract: The following description is directed to a configurable logic platform. In one example, a configurable logic platform includes host logic and a reconfigurable logic region. The reconfigurable logic region can include logic blocks that are configurable to implement application logic. The host logic can be used for encapsulating the reconfigurable logic region. The host logic can include a host interface for communicating with a processor. The host logic can include a management function accessible via the host interface. The management function can be adapted to cause the reconfigurable logic region to be configured with the application logic in response to an authorized request from the host interface. The host logic can include a data path function accessible via the host interface. The data path function can include a layer for formatting data transfers between the host interface and the application logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Islam Atta, Christopher Joseph Pettey, Asif Khan, Robert Michael Johnson, Mark Bradley Davis, Erez Izenberg, Nafea Bshara, Kypros Constantinides
  • Publication number: 20240126714
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed herein for remote, direct memory access (RDMA) technology that enables direct memory access from one host computer memory to another host computer memory over a physical or virtual computer network according to a number of different RDMA protocols. In one example, a method includes receiving remote direct memory access (RDMA) packets via a network adapter, deriving a protocol index identifying an RDMA protocol used to encode data for an RDMA transaction associated with the RDMA packets, applying the protocol index to a generate RDMA commands from header information in at least one of the received RDMA packets, and performing an RDMA operation using the RDMA commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erez Izenberg, Leah Shalev, Nafea Bshara, Guy Nakibly, Georgy Machulsky
  • Publication number: 20240126705
    Abstract: Techniques for emulating a configuration space may include emulating a set of configuration registers in an integrated circuit device for a set of functions corresponding to a type of peripheral device. The type of peripheral device represented by the integrated circuit device can be modified by changing the set of configuration registers being emulated in the integrated circuit device. Multiple sets of configuration registers can also be emulated to support different virtual machines or different operating systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nafea Bshara, Adi Habusha, Guy Nakibly, Georgy Machulsky
  • Patent number: 11960935
    Abstract: Implementations detailed herein include description of a computer-implemented method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudipta Sengupta, Poorna Chand Srinivas Perumalla, Dominic Rajeev Divakaruni, Nafea Bshara, Leo Parker Dirac, Bratin Saha, Matthew James Wood, Andrea Olgiati, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian
  • Patent number: 11956220
    Abstract: The following description is directed to a logic repository service. In one example, a method of a logic repository service can include receiving a first request to generate configuration data for configurable hardware using a specification for application logic of the configurable hardware. The method can include generating the configuration data for the configurable hardware. The configuration data can include data for implementing the application logic. The method can include encrypting the configuration data to generate encrypted configuration data. The method can include signing the encrypted configuration data using a private key. The method can include transmitting the signed encrypted configuration data in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Islam Mohamed Hatem Abdulfattah Mohamed Atta, Christopher Joseph Pettey, Nafea Bshara, Asif Khan, Mark Bradley Davis, Prateek Tandon
  • Publication number: 20240095367
    Abstract: A data guard circuit can be used to verify encryption of the data traffic on a bus between two integrated circuit (IC) devices. The data guard circuit can monitor the data traffic on the bus to analyze the data traffic based on a configuration. The analysis can be performed by sampling the data traffic, and a statistical data pattern can be identified in the sampled data traffic. The statistical data pattern can be compared with a threshold to determine whether the data traffic is encrypted. The data guard circuit can generate a notification if the data traffic is not encrypted as expected so that an appropriate action can be taken to protect the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Said Bshara, Nafea Bshara, Ali Ghassan Saidi
  • Publication number: 20240073297
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatuses and methods for multi-cast, multiple unicast, and unicast distribution of messages with time synchronized delivery are described. In some embodiments, the disclosed system and methods include a reference timekeeper providing a reference clock to one or more host computing devices. The one or more host computing devices host compute instances, and also contain respective isolated timing hardware outside the control of the compute instances. The isolated timing hardware of the one or more host computing devices then receive respective packets, and obtain the same time to deliver the respective packets. Each isolated timing hardware provides either the packet, or information to access the packet, to its respective destination compute instance subsequent to determining that the same specified time to deliver the packet has occurred. Thus, the respective packets are delivered near simultaneously to the one or more destination compute instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Said Bshara, Alan Michael Judge, Erez Izenberg, Julien Ridoux, Joshua Benjamin Levinson, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Nafea Bshara
  • Patent number: 11910566
    Abstract: A commonly designed processor heat exchanger decouples the mounting hardware used to mount the heat exchanger to a processor from the heat exchanger itself. This allows a single heat exchanger design to be mounted to various different types of processors using processor customized mounting brackets that engage with flanges extending out from a body of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Thomas Gregory, Darin Lee Frink, Rick Chun Kit Cheung, Nafea Bshara, Kenny Kiet Huynh, Noah Kelly, Priti Choudhary, Ali Elashri
  • Patent number: 11892967
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed herein for remote, direct memory access (RDMA) technology that enables direct memory access from one host computer memory to another host computer memory over a physical or virtual computer network according to a number of different RDMA protocols. In one example, a method includes receiving remote direct memory access (RDMA) packets via a network adapter, deriving a protocol index identifying an RDMA protocol used to encode data for an RDMA transaction associated with the RDMA packets, applying the protocol index to a generate RDMA commands from header information in at least one of the received RDMA packets, and performing an RDMA operation using the RDMA commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erez Izenberg, Leah Shalev, Nafea Bshara, Guy Nakibly, Georgy Machulsky
  • Patent number: 11886355
    Abstract: Techniques for emulating a configuration space may include emulating a set of configuration registers for a set of functions corresponding to a type of peripheral device. The set of functions can include a physical function and a virtual function associated with the physical function. A configuration access request can be processed by retrieving an emulated configuration register from the emulated configuration space, and logging incoming configuration access requests in a configuration transaction log to track configuration accesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nafea Bshara, Adi Habusha, Guy Nakibly, Georgy Machulsky
  • Publication number: 20240022519
    Abstract: A computing system supporting reliable network communications can include a virtual machine executing a user application, and a network adapter device coupled to the virtual machine via a plurality of virtual interfaces. The user application can communicate with the network adapter device using a virtual interface assigned to the user application. Queue pairs, each including a send queue and a receive queue, can be implemented to process transmit packets being sent from the virtual machine to the network and incoming packets being sent to the virtual machine from the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Leah Shalev, Brian William Barrett, Nafea Bshara, Georgy Machulsky
  • Patent number: 11868617
    Abstract: A peripheral device may implement storage virtualization for non-volatile storage devices connected to the peripheral device. A host system connected to the peripheral device may host one or multiple virtual machines. The peripheral device may implement different virtual interfaces for the virtual machines or the host system that present a storage partition at a non-volatile storage device to the virtual machine or host system for storage. Access requests from the virtual machines or host system are directed to the respective virtual interface at the peripheral device. The peripheral device may perform data encryption or decryption, or may perform throttling of access requests. The peripheral device may generate and send physical access requests to perform the access requests received via the virtual interfaces to the non-volatile storage devices. Completion of the access requests may be indicated to the virtual machines via the virtual interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Raviprasad Venkatesha Murthy Mummidi, Matthew Shawn Wilson, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Nafea Bshara, Saar Gross, Jaspal Kohli
  • Patent number: 11870761
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a packet type detection circuit, a security circuitry, and a configuration circuit. The packet type detection circuit is operable to determine a packet type of a packet based on header portions of the packet. The security circuit is operable to perform security processing of the packet according to a set of security parameters. The configuration circuit operable to determine the set of security parameters based on the packet type of the packet, an identifier associated with the packet, and an index associated with the packet, and provide the set of security parameters to the security circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Diamant, Nafea Bshara, Leah Shalev, Erez Izenberg
  • Patent number: 11860810
    Abstract: The following description is directed to a configurable logic platform. In one example, a configurable logic platform includes host logic and a reconfigurable logic region. The reconfigurable logic region can include logic blocks that are configurable to implement application logic. The host logic can be used for encapsulating the reconfigurable logic region. The host logic can include a host interface for communicating with a processor. The host logic can include a management function accessible via the host interface. The management function can be adapted to cause the reconfigurable logic region to be configured with the application logic in response to an authorized request from the host interface. The host logic can include a data path function accessible via the host interface. The data path function can include a layer for formatting data transfers between the host interface and the application logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Islam Atta, Christopher Joseph Pettey, Asif Khan, Robert Michael Johnson, Mark Bradley Davis, Erez Izenberg, Nafea Bshara, Kypros Constantinides
  • Patent number: 11863406
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for programming reconfigurable logic devices such as FPGAs in a networked server environment. In one example, a system hosting a network service providing field programmable gate array (FPGA) services includes a network service provider configured to receive a request to implement application logic in a plurality of FPGAs, allocate a computing instance comprising the FPGAs in responses to receiving the request, produce configuration information for programming the FPGAs, and send the configuration information to an allocated computing instance. The system further includes a computing host that is allocated by the network service provider as a computing instance which includes memory, processors configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, and the programmed FPGAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Johnson, Nafea Bshara, Matthew Shawn Wilson
  • Patent number: 11853253
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed herein for remote, direct memory access (RDMA) technology that enables direct memory access from one host computer memory to another host computer memory over a physical or virtual computer network. In one example, RDMA functionality is provided by combining a host executing instructions for RDMA software applications with dedicated hardware accelerator, where the host has access to substantially all RDMA connection context (e.g., configuration, status, state machine, counters, etc.) and a hardware accelerator stores a portion of the context information for a set of currently active transactions. The hardware accelerator derives a transaction identifier from header information in received RDMA packets and performs a local RDMA operation using at least a portion of the received data, a destination address of the location RDMA operation being based at least in part on a memory address determined using the transaction identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nafea Bshara, Leah Shalev, Erez Izenberg, Georgy Machulsky, Guy Nakibly
  • Publication number: 20230409514
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed herein for remote, direct memory access (RDMA) technology that enables direct memory access from one host computer memory to another host computer memory over a physical or virtual computer network. In one example, RDMA functionality is provided by combining a host executing instructions for RDMA software applications with dedicated hardware accelerator, where the host has access to substantially all RDMA connection context (e.g., configuration, status, state machine, counters, etc.) and a hardware accelerator stores a portion of the context information for a set of currently active transactions. The hardware accelerator derives a transaction identifier from header information in received RDMA packets and performs a local RDMA operation using at least a portion of the received data, a destination address of the location RDMA operation being based at least in part on a memory address determined using the transaction identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nafea Bshara, Leah Shalev, Erez Izenberg, Georgy Machulsky, Guy Nakibly
  • Patent number: 11842049
    Abstract: Technologies are provided for dynamically changing a size of a cache region of a storage device. A storage device controller writes data to the cache region of the storage device using a particular storage format. The storage device controller then migrates the cached data to a storage region of the device, where the data is written using a different storage format. A dynamic cache manager monitors input and output activity for the storage device and dynamically adjusts a size of the cache region to adapt to changes in the input and/or output activity. The dynamic cache manager can also adjust a size of the storage region. The storage device controller can automatically detect that the storage device has dynamic cache support and configure the storage device by creating the cache region and the storage region on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Munif M. Farhan, Phyllis Ng, Darin Lee Frink, Nafea Bshara
  • Patent number: 11792299
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatuses and methods for multi-cast, multiple unicast, and unicast distribution of messages with time synchronized delivery are described. In some embodiments, the disclosed system and methods include a reference timekeeper providing a reference clock to one or more host computing devices. The one or more host computing devices host compute instances, and also contain respective isolated timing hardware outside the control of the compute instances. The isolated timing hardware of the one or more host computing devices then receive respective packets, and obtain the same time to deliver the respective packets. Each isolated timing hardware provides either the packet, or information to access the packet, to its respective destination compute instance subsequent to determining that the same specified time to deliver the packet has occurred. Thus, the respective packets are delivered near simultaneously to the one or more destination compute instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Said Bshara, Alan Michael Judge, Erez Izenberg, Julien Ridoux, Joshua Benjamin Levinson, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Nafea Bshara
  • Patent number: 11770344
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for reliable, out-of-order transmission of packets. In some implementations, provided is an apparatus configured to communicate with a network and a host device. The apparatus may receive out-of-order packets from a remote device. The apparatus may transmit selective-acknowledgements to the remote device such that remote device can retransmit certain packets. The out-of-order packets can be provided to software for re-ordering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Leah Shalev, Brian William Barrett, Nafea Bshara, Georgy Machulsky