Patents by Inventor David FICK
David FICK 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).
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Publication number: 20200192858Abstract: A system and method for automated data propagation and automated data processing within an integrated circuit includes an intelligence processing integrated circuit comprising at least one intelligence processing pipeline, wherein the at least one intelligence processing pipeline includes: a main data buffer that stores input data; a plurality of distinct intelligence processing tiles, wherein each distinct intelligence processing tile includes a computing circuit and a local data buffer; a token-based governance module, the token-based governance module implementing: a first token-based control data structure; a second token-based control data structure, wherein the first token-based control data structure and the second-token based control data operate in cooperation to control an automated flow of the input data and/or an automated processing of the input data through the at least one intelligence processing pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: David Fick, Malav Parikh, Paul Toth, Adam Caughron, Vimal Reddy, Erik Schlanger, Sergio Schuler, Zainab Nasreen Zaidi, Alex Dang-Tran, Raul Garibay, Bryant Sorensen
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Patent number: 10606797Abstract: A system and method for automated data propagation and automated data processing within an integrated circuit includes an intelligence processing integrated circuit comprising at least one intelligence processing pipeline, wherein the at least one intelligence processing pipeline includes: a main data buffer that stores input data; a plurality of distinct intelligence processing tiles, wherein each distinct intelligence processing tile includes a computing circuit and a local data buffer; a token-based governance module, the token-based governance module implementing: a first token-based control data structure; a second token-based control data structure, wherein the first token-based control data structure and the second-token based control data operate in cooperation to control an automated flow of the input data and/or an automated processing of the input data through the at least one intelligence processing pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Mythic, Inc.Inventors: David Fick, Malav Parikh, Paul Toth, Adam Caughron, Vimal Reddy, Erik Schlanger, Sergio Schuler, Zainab Nasreen Zaidi, Alex Dang-Tran, Raul Garibay, Bryant Sorensen
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Publication number: 20200083897Abstract: A mixed-signal integrated circuit that includes: a global reference signal source; a first summation node and a second summation node; a plurality of distinct pairs of current generating circuits arranged along the first summation node and the second summation node; a first current generating circuit of each of the plurality of distinct pairs that is arranged on the first summation node and a second current generating circuit of each of the plurality of distinct pairs is arranged on the second summation node; a common-mode current circuit that is arranged in electrical communication with each of the first and second summation nodes; where a local DAC adjusts a differential current between the first second summation nodes based on reference signals from the global reference source; and a comparator or a finite state machine that generates a binary output value current values obtained from the first and second summation nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Laura Fick, Manar El-Chammas, Skylar Skrzyniarz, David Fick
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Publication number: 20200081937Abstract: Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: David Fick, Michael Henry, Laura Fick, Malav Parikh, Skylar Skrzyniarz, Scott Johnson, Pei-Ci Wu, Andrew Morten
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Publication number: 20200012617Abstract: Systems and methods include an integrated circuit that includes a plurality of computing tiles, wherein each of the plurality of computing tiles includes: a matrix multiply accelerator, a computing processing circuit; and a flow scoreboard module; a local data buffer, wherein the plurality of computing tiles together define an intelligence processing array; a network-on-chip system comprising: a plurality of network-on-chip routers establishing a communication network among the plurality of computing tiles, wherein each network-on-chip router is in operable communication connection with at least one of the plurality of computing tiles and a distinct network-on-chip router of the plurality of network-on-chip routers; and an off-tile buffer that is arranged in remote communication with the plurality of computing tiles, wherein the off-tile buffer stores raw input data and/or data received from an upstream process or an upstream device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: David Fick, Malav Parikh, Paul Toth, Adam Caughron, Vimal Reddy, Erik Schlanger, Sergio Schuler, Zainab Nasreen Zaidi, Alex Dang-Tran, Raul Garibay, Bryant Sorensen
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Publication number: 20200012616Abstract: A system and method for automated data propagation and automated data processing within an integrated circuit includes an intelligence processing integrated circuit comprising at least one intelligence processing pipeline, wherein the at least one intelligence processing pipeline includes: a main data buffer that stores input data; a plurality of distinct intelligence processing tiles, wherein each distinct intelligence processing tile includes a computing circuit and a local data buffer; a token-based governance module, the token-based governance module implementing: a first token-based control data structure; a second token-based control data structure, wherein the first token-based control data structure and the second-token based control data operate in cooperation to control an automated flow of the input data and/or an automated processing of the input data through the at least one intelligence processing pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: David Fick, Malav Parikh, Paul Toth, Adam Caughron, Vimal Reddy, Erik Schlanger, Sergio Schuler, Zainab Nasreen Zaidi, Alex Dang-Tran, Raul Garibay, Bryant Sorensen
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Patent number: 10521395Abstract: Systems and methods include an integrated circuit that includes a plurality of computing tiles, wherein each of the plurality of computing tiles includes: a matrix multiply accelerator, a computing processing circuit; and a flow scoreboard module; a local data buffer, wherein the plurality of computing tiles together define an intelligence processing array; a network-on-chip system comprising: a plurality of network-on-chip routers establishing a communication network among the plurality of computing tiles, wherein each network-on-chip router is in operable communication connection with at least one of the plurality of computing tiles and a distinct network-on-chip router of the plurality of network-on-chip routers; and an off-tile buffer that is arranged in remote communication with the plurality of computing tiles, wherein the off-tile buffer stores raw input data and/or data received from an upstream process or an upstream device.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Mythic, Inc.Inventors: David Fick, Malav Parikh, Paul Toth, Adam Caughron, Vimal Reddy, Erik Schlanger, Sergio Schuler, Zainab Nasreen Zaidi, Alex Dang-Tran, Raul Garibay, Bryant Sorensen
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Patent number: 10523230Abstract: A mixed-signal integrated circuit that includes: a global reference signal source; a first summation node and a second summation node; a plurality of distinct pairs of current generating circuits arranged along the first summation node and the second summation node; a first current generating circuit of each of the plurality of distinct pairs that is arranged on the first summation node and a second current generating circuit of each of the plurality of distinct pairs is arranged on the second summation node; a common-mode current circuit that is arranged in electrical communication with each of the first and second summation nodes; where a local DAC adjusts a differential current between the first second summation nodes based on reference signals from the global reference source; and a comparator or a finite state machine that generates a binary output value current values obtained from the first and second summation nodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Mythic, Inc.Inventors: Laura Fick, Manar El-Chammas, Skylar Skrzyniarz, David Fick
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Patent number: 10515136Abstract: Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Mythic, Inc.Inventors: David Fick, Michael Henry, Laura Fick, Malav Parikh, Skylar Skrzyniarz, Scott Johnson, Pei-Ci Wu, Andrew Morten
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Publication number: 20190326921Abstract: A mixed-signal integrated circuit that includes: a global reference signal source; a first summation node and a second summation node; a plurality of distinct pairs of current generating circuits arranged along the first summation node and the second summation node; a first current generating circuit of each of the plurality of distinct pairs that is arranged on the first summation node and a second current generating circuit of each of the plurality of distinct pairs is arranged on the second summation node; a common-mode current circuit that is arranged in electrical communication with each of the first and second summation nodes; where a local DAC adjusts a differential current between the first second summation nodes based on reference signals from the global reference source; and a comparator or a finite state machine that generates a binary output value current values obtained from the first and second summation nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Laura Fick, Manar El-Chammas, Skylar Skrzyniarz, David Fick
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Patent number: 10452745Abstract: Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Mythic, Inc.Inventors: David Fick, Michael Henry, Laura Fick, Malav Parikh, Skylar Skrzyniarz, Scott Johnson, Pei-Ci Wu, Andrew Morten
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Patent number: 10409889Abstract: Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Mythic, Inc.Inventors: David Fick, Michael Henry, Laura Fick, Malav Parikh, Skylar Skrzyniarz, Scott Johnson, Pei-Ci Wu, Andrew Morten
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Publication number: 20190258695Abstract: Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: David Fick, Michael Henry, Laura Fick, Malav Parikh, Skylar Skrzyniarz, Scott Johnson, Pei-Ci Wu, Andrew Morten
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Patent number: 10389375Abstract: A mixed-signal integrated circuit that includes: a global reference signal source; a first summation node and a second summation node; a plurality of distinct pairs of current generating circuits arranged along the first summation node and the second summation node; a first current generating circuit of each of the plurality of distinct pairs that is arranged on the first summation node and a second current generating circuit of each of the plurality of distinct pairs is arranged on the second summation node; a common-mode current circuit that is arranged in electrical communication with each of the first and second summation nodes; where a local DAC adjusts a differential current between the first second summation nodes based on reference signals from the global reference source; and a comparator or a finite state machine that generates a binary output value current values obtained from the first and second summation nodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Mythic, Inc.Inventors: Laura Fick, Manar El-Chammas, Skylar Skrzyniarz, David Fick
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Publication number: 20190251137Abstract: Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: David Fick, Michael Henry, Laura Fick, Malav Parikh, Skylar Skrzyniarz, Scott Johnson, Pei-Ci Wu, Andrew Morten
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Publication number: 20190188241Abstract: Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: David Fick, Michael Henry, Laura Fick, Malav Parikh, Skylar Skrzyniarz, Scott Johnson, Pei-Ci Wu, Andrew Morten
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Publication number: 20190179776Abstract: Systems and methods of implementing a mixed-signal integrated circuit includes sourcing, by a reference signal source, a plurality of analog reference signals along a shared signal communication path to a plurality of local accumulators; producing an electrical charge, at each of the plurality of local accumulators, based on each of the plurality of analog reference signals; adding or subtracting, by each of the plurality of local accumulators, the electrical charge to an energy storage device of each of the plurality of local accumulators over a predetermined period; summing along the shared communication path the electrical charge from the energy storage device of each of the plurality of local accumulators at an end of the predetermined period; and generating an output based on a sum of the electrical charge from each of the plurality of local accumulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Laura Fick, Manar El-Chammas, Skylar Skrzyniarz, David Fick
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Patent number: 10255205Abstract: Systems and methods of implementing a mixed-signal integrated circuit includes sourcing, by a reference signal source, a plurality of analog reference signals along a shared signal communication path to a plurality of local accumulators; producing an electrical charge, at each of the plurality of local accumulators, based on each of the plurality of analog reference signals; adding or subtracting, by each of the plurality of local accumulators, the electrical charge to an energy storage device of each of the plurality of local accumulators over a predetermined period; summing along the shared communication path the electrical charge from the energy storage device of each of the plurality of local accumulators at an end of the predetermined period; and generating an output based on a sum of the electrical charge from each of the plurality of local accumulators.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Mythic, Inc.Inventors: Laura Fick, Manar El-Chammas, Skylar Skrzyniarz, David Fick
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Publication number: 20190087356Abstract: Systems and methods of implementing a mixed-signal integrated circuit includes sourcing, by a reference signal source, a plurality of analog reference signals along a shared signal communication path to a plurality of local accumulators; producing an electrical charge, at each of the plurality of local accumulators, based on each of the plurality of analog reference signals; adding or subtracting, by each of the plurality of local accumulators, the electrical charge to an energy storage device of each of the plurality of local accumulators over a predetermined period; summing along the shared communication path the electrical charge from the energy storage device of each of the plurality of local accumulators at an end of the predetermined period; and generating an output based on a sum of the electrical charge from each of the plurality of local accumulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Laura Fick, Manar El-Chammas, Skylar Skrzyniarz, David Fick
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Patent number: 9702101Abstract: A vacuum hose handling and safety vacuum release system, a tubular column attachable to an industrial vacuum hose end having a long handle and a short T-handle positioned at right angles to each other that will allow a user to strategically place the metallic vacuum tube conveniently and easily to vacuum debris in a safe manner. The tube has at least one bypass orifice that the user can open to reduce or eliminate the suction at the nozzle via a lever pivotally located adjacent the T-handle.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventor: David Ficks