Patents by Inventor Aaron J. GRIER

Aaron J. GRIER 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).

  • Modular accelerator function unit (AFU) design, discovery, and reuse
    Patent number: 12112204
    Abstract: A system comprising an accelerator circuit comprising an accelerator function unit to implement a first function, and one or more device feature header (DFH) circuits to provide attributes associated with the accelerator function unit, and a processor to retrieve the attributes of the accelerator function unit by traversing a device feature list (DFL) referencing the one or more DFH circuits, execute, based on the attributes, an application encoding the first function to cause the accelerator function unit to perform the first function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Pratik M. Marolia, Aaron J. Grier, Henry M. Mitchel, Joseph Grecco, Michael C. Adler, Utkarsh Y. Kakaiya, Joshua D. Fender, Sundar Nadathur, Nagabhushan Chitlur
  • MODULAR ACCELERATOR FUNCTION UNIT (AFU) DESIGN, DISCOVERY, AND REUSE
    Publication number: 20230070995
    Abstract: A system comprising an accelerator circuit comprising an accelerator function unit to implement a first function, and one or more device feature header (DFH) circuits to provide attributes associated with the accelerator function unit, and a processor to retrieve the attributes of the accelerator function unit by traversing a device feature list (DFL) referencing the one or more DFH circuits, execute, based on the attributes, an application encoding the first function to cause the accelerator function unit to perform the first function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Pratik M. MAROLIA, Aaron J. GRIER, Henry M. MITCHEL, Joseph GRECCO, Michael C. ADLER, Utkarsh Y. KAKAIYA, Joshua D. FENDER, Sundar NADATHUR, Nagabhushan CHITLUR
  • Modular accelerator function unit (AFU) design, discovery, and reuse
    Patent number: 11416300
    Abstract: A system comprising an accelerator circuit comprising an accelerator function unit to implement a first function, and one or more device feature header (DFH) circuits to provide attributes associated with the accelerator function unit, and a processor to retrieve the attributes of the accelerator function unit by traversing a device feature list (DFL) referencing the one or more DFH circuits, execute, based on the attributes, an application encoding the first function to cause the accelerator function unit to perform the first function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporaton
    Inventors: Pratik M. Marolia, Aaron J. Grier, Henry M. Mitchel, Joseph Grecco, Michael C. Adler, Utkarsh Y. Kakaiya, Joshua D. Fender, Sundar Nadathur, Nagabhushan Chitlur
  • MODULAR ACCELERATOR FUNCTION UNIT (AFU) DESIGN, DISCOVERY, AND REUSE
    Publication number: 20200174841
    Abstract: A system comprising an accelerator circuit comprising an accelerator function unit to implement a first function, and one or more device feature header (DFH) circuits to provide attributes associated with the accelerator function unit, and a processor to retrieve the attributes of the accelerator function unit by traversing a device feature list (DFL) referencing the one or more DFH circuits, execute, based on the attributes, an application encoding the first function to cause the accelerator function unit to perform the first function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Pratik M. MAROLIA, Aaron J. GRIER, Henry M. MITCHEL, Joseph GRECCO, Michael C. ADLER, Utkarsh Y. KAKAIYA, Joshua D. FENDER, Sundar NADATHUR, Nagabhushan CHITLUR