Patents by Inventor Chien-Chun Chou

Chien-Chun Chou 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).

  • Transaction Co-Validation Across Abstraction Layers
    Publication number: 20080120082
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system in which a modeling tool made up of a testbench executable program validates behavior of one or more sub-components of an electronic system design modeled as one or more executable behavioral models and a transactor translates a behavior of the sub-components between one or more different levels of abstraction derived from a same design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Herve Jacques Alexanian, Chien Chun Chou
  • Composing on-chip interconnects with configurable interfaces
    Patent number: 7356633
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses, systems, and methods are described for composing on-chip interconnects with configurable interfaces. A configurable interface includes a configurable agent and interface port. The configurable agent has a first input and a first output with the first input receiving a first communication. An input of a core receives the configurable agent's first output. The agent is configured for important inter-network characteristics such as topology, flooding control, clocking/reset, and performance enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Chien-Chun Chou, Nabil N. Masri, Michael Jude Meyer, Thomas Wayne O'Connell, Kamil Synek, Jay Scott Tomlinson, Drew Eric Wingard
  • Scalable low bandwidth multicast handling in mixed core systems
    Patent number: 7302691
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for multicast handling in mixed core systems have been described. A method for multicast handling in mixed core systems includes configuring broadcast group registers located in targets. The method also includes receiving a request to create a broadcast group and creating the broadcast group. Finally, the method includes transmitting the broadcast group to targets with broadcast group registers that correspond to the broadcast group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sonics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Nabil N. Masri, Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Chien-Chun Chou, Drew Eric Wingard
  • Method and apparatus for configurable address mapping and protection architecture and hardware for on-chip systems
    Patent number: 7266786
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a configurable address mapping and protection architecture and hardware for on-chip systems have been described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Chou, Jay Scott Tomlinson, Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Drew Eric Wingard, Sricharan Kasetti
  • On-chip inter-network performance optimization using configurable performance parameters
    Patent number: 7254603
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for on-chip inter-network performance optimization using configurable performance parameters have been described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Chien-Chun Chou, Nabil N. Masri, Michael Jude Meyer, Thomas Wayne O'Connell, Kamil Synek, Jay Scott Tomlinson, Drew Eric Wingard
  • Method and apparatus for error handling in networks
    Patent number: 7243264
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for error handling in networks have been described. The method configures a plurality of cores, wherein each core is connected with and associated with each of one of a plurality of initiators. The method further connects one or more of the initiators to a network. Next, one or more of the initiators determine an error in one or more of the cores and communicate the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Chien-Chun Chou, Jeffrey Allen Ebert, Stephen W. Hamilton, Michael J. Meyer
  • Communication system and method with configurable posting points
    Patent number: 7194566
    Abstract: A communication system and method with configurable posting points have been described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew Eric Wingard, Chien-Chun Chou, Nabil N. Masri, Thomas Wayne O'Connell, Jay Scott Tomlinson, Wolf-Dietrich Weber
  • Method and apparatus for speculative response arbitration to improve system latency
    Patent number: 6976106
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for speculative response arbitration to improve system latency have been described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay S. Tomlinson, Chien-Chun Chou
  • Method and apparatus for automatic configuration of multiple on-chip interconnects
    Publication number: 20040128341
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatic configuration of multiple on-chip interconnects have been described. In one embodiment, the invention reduces the configuration time of several on-chip network features, and also ensures that these features are configured correctly to minimize errors in a design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Kamil Synek, Chien-Chun Chou, Wolf-Dietrich Weber
  • Method and apparatus for error handling in networks
    Publication number: 20040088607
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for error handling in networks have been described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Chien-Chun Chou, Jeffrey Allen Ebert, Stephen W. Hamilton, Michael J. Meyer
  • Method and apparatus for speculative response arbitration to improve system latency
    Publication number: 20040088458
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for speculative response arbitration to improve system latency have been described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Jay S. Tomlinson, Chien-Chun Chou
  • Method and apparatus for configurable address mapping and protection architecture and hardware for on-chip systems
    Publication number: 20040088566
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a configurable address mapping and protection architecture and hardware for on-chip systems have been described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Chou, Jay Scott Tomlinson, Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Drew Eric Wingard, Sricharan Kasetti
  • Scalable low bandwidth multicast handling in mixed core systems
    Publication number: 20030212743
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for multicast handling in mixed core systems have been described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Nabil N. Masri, Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Chien-Chun Chou, Drew Eric Wingard
  • Communication system and method with configurable posting points
    Publication number: 20030208553
    Abstract: A communication system and method with configurable posting points have been described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew E. Wingard, Chien-Chun Chou, Nabil N. Masri, Thomas W. O'Connell, Jay S. Tomlinson, Wolf-Dietrich Weber
  • On -chip inter-network performance optimization using configurable performance parameters
    Publication number: 20030208611
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for on-chip inter-network performance optimization using configurable performance parameters have been described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Chien-Chun Chou, Nabil N. Masri, Michael J. Meyer, Thomas W. O'Connell, Kamil Synek, Jay S. Tomlinson, Drew E. Wingard
  • Composing on-chip interconnects with configurable interfaces
    Publication number: 20030208566
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for composing on-chip interconnects with configurable interfaces have been described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: Sonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Chien-Chun Chou, Nabil N. Masri, Michael J. Meyer, Thomas W. O'Connell, Kamil Synek, Jay S. Tomlinson, Drew E. Wingard