Patents by Inventor Stephen Spain

Stephen Spain 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).

  • MAINTAINING SYNCHRONISATION BETWEEN MEMORY WRITING AND READING BLOCKS USING AN INTERNAL BUFFER AND A CONTROL CHANNEL
    Publication number: 20240028256
    Abstract: A hardware unit for manipulating data stored in a memory comprises an internal buffer, a memory reading block, configured to read the data from the memory and write the data to the internal buffer. a memory writing block, configured to read the data from the internal buffer and write the data to the memory. The hardware unit optionally also comprises a control channel between the memory reading block and the memory writing block, wherein the memory reading block and the memory writing block are configured to communicate via the control channel to maintain synchronisation between them when writing the data to the internal buffer and reading the data from the internal buffer, respectively. The hardware unit may be configured to apply one or more transformations to multidimensional data in the memory. The hardware unit may be configured to traverse the multidimensional array using a plurality of nested loops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Alan Vines, Stephen Spain, Fernando Escobar
  • Maintaining synchronisation between memory writing and reading blocks using an internal buffer and a control channel
    Patent number: 11775206
    Abstract: A hardware unit for manipulating data stored in a memory comprises an internal buffer, a memory reading block, configured to read the data from the memory and write the data to the internal buffer. a memory writing block, configured to read the data from the internal buffer and write the data to the memory. The hardware unit optionally also comprises a control channel between the memory reading block and the memory writing block, wherein the memory reading block and the memory writing block are configured to communicate via the control channel to maintain synchronisation between them when writing the data to the internal buffer and reading the data from the internal buffer, respectively. The hardware unit may be configured to apply one or more transformations to multidimensional data in the memory. The hardware unit may be configured to traverse the multidimensional array using a plurality of nested loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Alan Vines, Stephen Spain, Fernando Escobar
  • Manipulation of Data in a Memory
    Publication number: 20210373801
    Abstract: A hardware unit for manipulating data stored in a memory comprises an internal buffer, a memory reading block, configured to read the data from the memory and write the data to the internal buffer. a memory writing block, configured to read the data from the internal buffer and write the data to the memory. The hardware unit optionally also comprises a control channel between the memory reading block and the memory writing block, wherein the memory reading block and the memory writing block are configured to communicate via the control channel to maintain synchronisation between them when writing the data to the internal buffer and reading the data from the internal buffer, respectively. The hardware unit may be configured to apply one or more transformations to multidimensional data in the memory. The hardware unit may be configured to traverse the multidimensional array using a plurality of nested loops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Vines, Stephen Spain, Fernando Escobar