Patents by Inventor Amin Firoozshahian

Amin Firoozshahian 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).

  • Patent number: 10733108
    Abstract: A system for computer memory management that implements a memory pool table, the memory pool table including entries that describe a plurality of memory pools, each memory pool representing a group of memory pages related by common attributes; a per-page tracking table, each entry in the per-page tracking table used to related a memory page with a memory pool of the memory pool table; and processing circuitry to: scan each entry in the per-page tracking table and, for each entry: determine an amount of memory released if the memory page related with the entry is swapped; aggregate the amount of memory for the respective memory pool related with the memory page related with the entry in the per-page tracking table, to produce a per-pool memory aggregate; and output the per-pool memory aggregate for the memory pools related with the memory pages in the per-page tracking table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Bahirji, Amin Firoozshahian, Mahesh Madhav, Toby Opferman, Omid Azizi
  • Patent number: 10579551
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for computer memory management are described herein. A system includes a memory controller to: monitor utilization of a memory device, the memory device used with a memory compression technique; determine that the utilization of the memory device violates a threshold; and initiate a system interrupt to provoke a response, responsive to the utilization of the memory device violating the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ishwar Agarwal, Omid Azizi, Chandan Egbert, Amin Firoozshahian, David Christopher Hansen, Andreas Kleen, Mahesh Maddury, Mahesh Madhav, Ashok Raj, Alexandre Solomatnikov, Stephen Van Doren
  • Publication number: 20200004677
    Abstract: Processing circuitry for computer memory management includes memory reduction circuitry to implement a memory reduction technique; and reference count information collection circuitry to: access a memory region, the memory region subject to the memory reduction technique; obtain an indication of memory reduction of the memory region; calculate metrics based on the indication of memory reduction of cache lines associated with the memory region; and provide the metrics to a system software component for use in memory management mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Amin Firoozshahian, Omid Azizi, Chandan Egbert, David Hansen, Andreas Kleen, Mahesh Maddury, Mahesh Madhav, Alexandre Solomatnikov, John Peter Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20190354487
    Abstract: A system for computer memory management that implements a memory pool table, the memory pool table including entries that describe a plurality of memory pools, each memory pool representing a group of memory pages related by common attributes; a per-page tracking table, each entry in the per-page tracking table used to related a memory page with a memory pool of the memory pool table; and processing circuitry to: scan each entry in the per-page tracking table and, for each entry: determine an amount of memory released if the memory page related with the entry is swapped; aggregate the amount of memory for the respective memory pool related with the memory page related with the entry in the per-page tracking table, to produce a per-pool memory aggregate; and output the per-pool memory aggregate for the memory pools related with the memory pages in the per-page tracking table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Vijay Bahirji, Amin Firoozshahian, Mahesh Madhav, Toby Opferman, Omid Azizi
  • Publication number: 20190303281
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for controlling memory traffic flow rate are described herein. A system for computer memory management, the system comprising: rate control circuitry to: receive a rate exceeded signal from monitoring circuitry, the rate exceeded signal indicating that memory traffic flow from a traffic source exceeds a threshold; receive a distress signal from a memory controller that interfaces with a memory device, the distress signal indicating that the memory device is oversubscribed; and implement throttle circuitry to throttle the memory traffic flow from the traffic source when the rate exceeded signal and the distress signal are both asserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Amin Firoozshahian, Vedaraman Greetha, Andreas Kleen, Stephen Van Doren, Omid Azizi, Mahesh Madhav, Mahesh Maddury, Chandan Egbert
  • Publication number: 20190213120
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for computer memory overcommitment management are described herein. A system for computer memory management includes a memory device to store data and a mapping table; and a memory overcommitment circuitry to: receive a signal to move data in a first block from a memory reduction area in the memory device to a non-memory reduction area in the memory device, the memory reduction area to store data using a memory reduction technique, and the non-memory reduction area to store data without any memory reduction techniques; allocate a second block in the non-memory reduction area; copy the data in the first block to the second block; and update the mapping table to revise a pointer to point to the second block, the mapping table used to store pointers to memory device in the memory reduction area and the non-memory reduction area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Omid Azizi, Amin Firoozshahian, Andreas Kleen, Mahesh Madhav, Mahesh Maddury, Chandan Egbert, Eric Gouldey
  • Publication number: 20190212935
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for computer memory management are described herein. A system for computer memory management includes a first memory device including a mapping table; a second memory device including a staging area; a third memory device including a dedup data region; and a controller operable to: receive a memory access request, the memory access request including an address and data; write the data to the staging area; and update the mapping table with the address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Chandan Egbert, Amin Firoozshahian, Mahesh Maddury, John Stevenson, Henk Neefs, Omid Azizi
  • Publication number: 20190196988
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for computer memory management are described herein. A system includes a memory controller to: monitor utilization of a memory device, the memory device used with a memory compression technique; determine that the utilization of the memory device violates a threshold; and initiate a system interrupt to provoke a response, responsive to the utilization of the memory device violating the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Ishwar Agarwal, Omid Azizi, Chandan Egbert, Amin Firoozshahian, David Christopher Hansen, Andreas Kleen, Mahesh Maddury, Mahesh Madhav, Ashok Raj, Alexandre Solomatnikov, Stephen Van Doren
  • Publication number: 20190121564
    Abstract: Examples relate to an approximative memory deduplication method, a controller apparatus or controller device for a memory or storage controller, a memory or storage controller, a computer system and to a computer program. The approximative memory deduplication method comprises determining a hash value of a data block. The hash value is based on a user-defined approximative hashing function. The approximative memory deduplication method comprises storing a quantized version of the data block based on the hash value using a memory or storage device of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Francesc GUIM BERNAT, Karthik KUMAR, Mustafa HAJEER, Thomas Willhalm, Amin FIROOZSHAHIAN, Chandan EGBERT
  • Publication number: 20190042461
    Abstract: A processing device includes a core to execute instructions, and memory management circuitry coupled to, memory, the core and an I/O device that supports page faults. The memory management circuitry includes an express invalidations circuitry, and a page translation permission circuitry. The memory management circuitry is to, while the core is executing the instructions, receive a command to pause communication between the I/O device and the memory. In response to receiving the command to pause the communication, modify permissions of page translations by the page translation permission circuitry and transmit an invalidation request, by the express invalidations circuitry to the I/O device, to cause cached page translations in the I/O device to be invalidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Rupin Vakharwala, Amin Firoozshahian, Stephen Van Doren, Rajesh Sankaran, Mahesh Madhav, Omid Azizi, Andreas Kleen, Mahesh Maddury, Ashok Raj
  • Patent number: 9952972
    Abstract: Loading data from a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided, wherein some or all data stored in the memory system is organized as one or more pointer-linked data structures. One or more iterator registers are provided. A first pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a first element of a selected pointer-linked data structure to a selected iterator register. A second pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a second element of the selected pointer-linked data structure to the selected iterator register. The loading of the second pointer chain reuses portions of the first pointer chain that are common with the second pointer chain. Modifying data stored in a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided. One or more iterator registers are provided, wherein the iterator registers each include two or more pointer fields for storing two or more pointers that form a pointer chain leading to a data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Cheriton, Amin Firoozshahian, Alexandre Y. Solomatnikov
  • Patent number: 9870824
    Abstract: Loading data from a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided, wherein some or all data stored in the memory system is organized as one or more pointer-linked data structures. One or more iterator registers are provided. A first pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a first element of a selected pointer-linked data structure to a selected iterator register. A second pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a second element of the selected pointer-linked data structure to the selected iterator register. The loading of the second pointer chain reuses portions of the first pointer chain that are common with the second pointer chain. Modifying data stored in a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided. One or more iterator registers are provided, wherein the iterator registers each include two or more pointer fields for storing two or more pointers that form a pointer chain leading to a data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Cheriton, Amin Firoozshahian, Alexandre Y. Solomatnikov
  • Publication number: 20180004668
    Abstract: A searchable hot content cache stores frequently accessed data values in accordance with embodiments. In one embodiment, a circuit includes interface circuitry to receive memory requests from a processor. The circuit includes hardware logic to determine that a number of the memory requests that is to access a value meets or exceeds a threshold. The circuit includes a storage array to store the value in an entry based on a determination that the number meets or exceeds the threshold. In response to receipt of a memory request from the processor to access the same value at a memory address, the hardware logic is to map the memory address to the entry of the storage array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Omid J. AZIZI, Alexandre Y. SOLOMATNIKOV, Amin FIROOZSHAHIAN, John P. STEVENSON, Mahesh MADDURY
  • Publication number: 20170249992
    Abstract: Loading data from a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided, wherein some or all data stored in the memory system is organized as one or more pointer-linked data structures. One or more iterator registers are provided. A first pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a first element of a selected pointer-linked data structure to a selected iterator register. A second pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a second element of the selected pointer-linked data structure to the selected iterator register. The loading of the second pointer chain reuses portions of the first pointer chain that are common with the second pointer chain. Modifying data stored in a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided. One or more iterator registers are provided, wherein the iterator registers each include two or more pointer fields for storing two or more pointers that form a pointer chain leading to a data element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID R. CHERITON, AMIN FIROOZSHAHIAN, ALEXANDRE Y. SOLOMATNIKOV
  • Publication number: 20170168938
    Abstract: Loading data from a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided, wherein some or all data stored in the memory system is organized as one or more pointer-linked data structures. One or more iterator registers are provided. A first pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a first element of a selected pointer-linked data structure to a selected iterator register. A second pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a second element of the selected pointer-linked data structure to the selected iterator register. The loading of the second pointer chain reuses portions of the first pointer chain that are common with the second pointer chain. Modifying data stored in a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided. One or more iterator registers are provided, wherein the iterator registers each include two or more pointer fields for storing two or more pointers that form a pointer chain leading to a data element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID R. CHERITON, AMIN FIROOZSHAHIAN, ALEXANDRE Y. SOLOMATNIKOV
  • Patent number: 9601199
    Abstract: Loading data from a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided, wherein some or all data stored in the memory system is organized as one or more pointer-linked data structures. One or more iterator registers are provided. A first pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a first element of a selected pointer-linked data structure to a selected iterator register. A second pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a second element of the selected pointer-linked data structure to the selected iterator register. The loading of the second pointer chain reuses portions of the first pointer chain that are common with the second pointer chain. Modifying data stored in a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided. One or more iterator registers are provided, wherein the iterator registers each include two or more pointer fields for storing two or more pointers that form a pointer chain leading to a data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Cheriton, Amin Firoozshahian, Alexandre Y. Solomatnikov
  • Publication number: 20110010347
    Abstract: Loading data from a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided, wherein some or all data stored in the memory system is organized as one or more pointer-linked data structures. One or more iterator registers are provided. A first pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a first element of a selected pointer-linked data structure to a selected iterator register. A second pointer chain is loaded, having two or more pointers leading to a second element of the selected pointer-linked data structure to the selected iterator register. The loading of the second pointer chain reuses portions of the first pointer chain that are common with the second pointer chain. Modifying data stored in a computer memory system is disclosed. A memory system is provided. One or more iterator registers are provided, wherein the iterator registers each include two or more pointer fields for storing two or more pointers that form a pointer chain leading to a data element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Hicamp Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Cheriton, Amin Firoozshahian, Alexandre Y. Solomatnikov