Patents by Inventor Chee Nouk Phoon

Chee Nouk Phoon 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for dynamically configuring soft processors on an integrated circuit
    Patent number: 10394991
    Abstract: An offloading engine integrated circuit that includes soft processors may be implemented using an aggregated profiler and a soft processor system generation tool. In particular, the aggregated profiler may generate a suggested configuration for soft processors within the integrated circuit. The soft processor system generation tool may use inputs based on the suggested configuration to generate a configuration bit stream that is used to configure the integrated circuit. Soft processors within the integrated circuits may be arranged in soft processors columns. Parameters for the soft processors and the soft processor columns may be dynamically reconfigured. The parameters may include sizes for each soft processor column, a number of soft processor columns, types (e.g., processor architecture types) of each processor. Multiple soft processor columns may also be grouped together to complete a single task. Interface circuitry may regulate information flow to and from the soft processor columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Chee Nouk Phoon, Chee Hak Teh, Kenneth Chong Yin Tan, Kah Wai Lee
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING SOFT PROCESSORS ON AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20180101633
    Abstract: An offloading engine integrated circuit that includes soft processors may be implemented using an aggregated profiler and a soft processor system generation tool. In particular, the aggregated profiler may generate a suggested configuration for soft processors within the integrated circuit. The soft processor system generation tool may use inputs based on the suggested configuration to generate a configuration bit stream that is used to configure the integrated circuit. Soft processors within the integrated circuits may be arranged in soft processors columns. Parameters for the soft processors and the soft processor columns may be dynamically reconfigured. The parameters may include sizes for each soft processor column, a number of soft processor columns, types (e.g., processor architecture types) of each processor. Multiple soft processor columns may also be grouped together to complete a single task. Interface circuitry may regulate information flow to and from the soft processor columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Chee Nouk Phoon, Chee Hak Teh, Kenneth Chong Yin Tan, Kah Wai Lee