Patents by Inventor Dennis R. Bradford
Dennis R. Bradford 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: 20240427600Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Robert C. VALENTINE, Jesus Corbal SAN ADRIAN, Roger Espasa SANS, Robert D. CAVIN, Bret L. TOLL, Santiago Galan DURAN, Jeffrey G. WIEDEMEIER, Sridhar SAMUDRALA, Milind Baburao GIRKAR, Edward Thomas GROCHOWSKI, Jonathan Cannon HALL, Dennis R. BRADFORD, Elmoustapha OULD-AHMED-VALL, James C ABEL, Mark CHARNEY, Seth ABRAHAM, Suleyman SAIR, Andrew Thomas FORSYTH, Lisa WU, Charles YOUNT
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Patent number: 12135981Abstract: Embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatuses for heterogeneous computing are described. In some embodiments, a hardware heterogeneous scheduler dispatches instructions for execution on one or more plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, the instructions corresponding to a code fragment to be processed by the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, wherein the instructions are native instructions to at least one of the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Rajesh M. Sankaran, Gilbert Neiger, Narayan Ranganathan, Stephen R. Van Doren, Joseph Nuzman, Niall D. McDonnell, Michael A. O'Hanlon, Lokpraveen B. Mosur, Tracy Garrett Drysdale, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Asit K. Mishra, Ganesh Venkatesh, Deborah T. Marr, Nicholas P. Carter, Jonathan D. Pearce, Edward T. Grochowski, Richard J. Greco, Robert Valentine, Jesus Corbal, Thomas D. Fletcher, Dennis R. Bradford, Dwight P. Manley, Mark J. Charney, Jeffrey J. Cook, Paul Caprioli, Koichi Yamada, Kent D. Glossop, David B. Sheffield
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Patent number: 12086594Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Robert C. Valentine, Jesus Corbal San Adrian, Roger Espasa Sans, Robert D. Cavin, Bret L. Toll, Santiago Galan Duran, Jeffrey G. Wiedemeier, Sridhar Samudrala, Milind Baburao Girkar, Edward Thomas Grochowski, Jonathan Cannon Hall, Dennis R. Bradford, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, James C Abel, Mark Charney, Seth Abraham, Suleyman Sair, Andrew Thomas Forsyth, Lisa Wu, Charles Yount
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Patent number: 12073214Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for chained fused multiply add. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a decoder to decode a single instruction having an opcode, a destination field representing a destination operand, a first source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands of a first type that have packed data elements of a first size, a second source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and a field for a memory location that stores a scalar value. A register file having a plurality of packed data registers includes registers for the plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a first size, the source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and the destination operand.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jesus Corbal, Robert Valentine, Roman S. Dubtsov, Nikita A. Shustrov, Mark J. Charney, Dennis R. Bradford, Milind B. Girkar, Edward T. Grochowski, Thomas D. Fletcher, Warren E. Ferguson
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Publication number: 20240061683Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Robert C. VALENTINE, Jesus Corbal SAN ADRIAN, Roger Espasa SANS, Robert D. CAVIN, Bret L. TOLL, Santiago Galan DURAN, Jeffrey G. WIEDEMEIER, Sridhar SAMUDRALA, Milind Baburao GIRKAR, Edward Thomas GROCHOWSKI, Jonathan Cannon HALL, Dennis R. BRADFORD, Elmoustapha OULD-AHMED-VALL, James C ABEL, Mark CHARNEY, Seth ABRAHAM, Suleyman SAIR, Andrew Thomas FORSYTH, Lisa WU, Charles YOUNT
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Publication number: 20230418655Abstract: Embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatuses for heterogeneous computing are described. In some embodiments, a hardware heterogeneous scheduler dispatches instructions for execution on one or more plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, the instructions corresponding to a code fragment to be processed by the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, wherein the instructions are native instructions to at least one of the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Rajesh M. SANKARAN, Gilbert NEIGER, Narayan RANGANATHAN, Stephen R. VAN DOREN, Joseph NUZMAN, Niall D. MCDONNELL, Michael A. O'HANLON, Lokpraveen B. MOSUR, Tracy Garrett DRYSDALE, Eriko NURVITADHI, Asit K. MISHRA, Ganesh VENKATESH, Deborah T. MARR, Nicholas P. CARTER, Jonathan D. PEARCE, Edward T. GROCHOWSKI, Richard J. GRECO, Robert VALENTINE, Jesus CORBAL, Thomas D. FLETCHER, Dennis R. BRADFORD, Dwight P. MANLEY, Mark J. CHARNEY, Jeffrey J. COOK, Paul CAPRIOLI, Koichi YAMADA, Kent D. GLOSSOP, David B. SHEFFIELD
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Patent number: 11740904Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Robert C. Valentine, Jesus Corbal San Adrian, Roger Espasa Sans, Robert D. Cavin, Bret L. Toll, Santiago Galan Duran, Jeffrey G. Wiedemeier, Sridhar Samudrala, Milind Baburao Girkar, Edward Thomas Grochowski, Jonathan Cannon Hall, Dennis R. Bradford, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, James C Abel, Mark Charney, Seth Abraham, Suleyman Sair, Andrew Thomas Forsyth, Lisa Wu, Charles Yount
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Patent number: 11693691Abstract: Embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatuses for heterogeneous computing are described. In some embodiments, a hardware heterogeneous scheduler dispatches instructions for execution on one or more plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, the instructions corresponding to a code fragment to be processed by the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, wherein the instructions are native instructions to at least one of the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Rajesh M. Sankaran, Gilbert Neiger, Narayan Ranganathan, Stephen R. Van Doren, Joseph Nuzman, Niall D. McDonnell, Michael A. O'Hanlon, Lokpraveen B. Mosur, Tracy Garrett Drysdale, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Asit K. Mishra, Ganesh Venkatesh, Deborah T. Marr, Nicholas P. Carter, Jonathan D. Pearce, Edward T. Grochowski, Richard J. Greco, Robert Valentine, Jesus Corbal, Thomas D. Fletcher, Dennis R. Bradford, Dwight P. Manley, Mark J. Charney, Jeffrey J. Cook, Paul Caprioli, Koichi Yamada, Kent D. Glossop, David B. Sheffield
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Publication number: 20230083705Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for chained fused multiply add. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a decoder to decode a single instruction having an opcode, a destination field representing a destination operand, a first source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands of a first type that have packed data elements of a first size, a second source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and a field for a memory location that stores a scalar value. A register file having a plurality of packed data registers includes registers for the plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a first size, the source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and the destination operand.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: JESUS CORBAL, ROBERT VALENTINE, ROMAN S. DUBTSOV, NIKITA A. SHUSTROV, MARK J. CHARNEY, DENNIS R. BRADFORD, MILIND B. GIRKAR, EDWARD T. GROCHOWSKI, THOMAS D. FLETCHER, WARREN E. FERGUSON
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Patent number: 11487541Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for chained fused multiply add. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a decoder to decode a single instruction having an opcode, a destination field representing a destination operand, a first source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands of a first type that have packed data elements of a first size, a second source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and a field for a memory location that stores a scalar value. A register file having a plurality of packed data registers includes registers for the plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a first size, the source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and the destination operand.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jesus Corbal, Robert Valentine, Roman S. Dubtsov, Nikita A. Shustrov, Mark J. Charney, Dennis R. Bradford, Milind B. Girkar, Edward T. Grochowski, Thomas D. Fletcher, Warren E. Ferguson
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Patent number: 11416281Abstract: Embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatuses for heterogeneous computing are described. In some embodiments, a hardware heterogeneous scheduler dispatches instructions for execution on one or more plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, the instructions corresponding to a code fragment to be processed by the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, wherein the instructions are native instructions to at least one of the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Rajesh M. Sankaran, Gilbert Neiger, Narayan Ranganathan, Stephen R. Van Doren, Joseph Nuzman, Niall D. McDonnell, Michael A. O'Hanlon, Lokpraveen B. Mosur, Tracy Garrett Drysdale, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Asit K. Mishra, Ganesh Venkatesh, Deborah T. Marr, Nicholas P. Carter, Jonathan D. Pearce, Edward T. Grochowski, Richard J. Greco, Robert Valentine, Jesus Corbal, Thomas D. Fletcher, Dennis R. Bradford, Dwight P. Manley, Mark J. Charney, Jeffrey J. Cook, Paul Caprioli, Koichi Yamada, Kent D. Glossop, David B. Sheffield
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Publication number: 20220164218Abstract: Embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatuses for heterogeneous computing are described. In some embodiments, a hardware heterogeneous scheduler dispatches instructions for execution on one or more plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, the instructions corresponding to a code fragment to be processed by the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, wherein the instructions are native instructions to at least one of the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Rajesh M. SANKARAN, Gilbert NEIGER, Narayan RANGANATHAN, Stephen R. VAN DOREN, Joseph NUZMAN, Niall D. MCDONNELL, Michael A. O'HANLON, Lokpraveen B. MOSUR, Tracy Garrett DRYSDALE, Eriko NURVITADHI, Asit K. MISHRA, Ganesh VENKATESH, Deborah T. MARR, Nicholas P. CARTER, Jonathan D. PEARCE, Edward T. GROCHOWSKI, Richard J. GRECO, Robert VALENTINE, Jesus CORBAL, Thomas D. FLETCHER, Dennis R. BRADFORD, Dwight P. MANLEY, Mark J. CHARNEY, Jeffrey J. COOK, Paul CAPRIOLI, Koichi YAMADA, Kent D. GLOSSOP, David B. SHEFFIELD
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Publication number: 20220129274Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Robert C. VALENTINE, Jesus Corbal SAN ADRIAN, Roger Espasa SANS, Robert D. CAVIN, Bret L. TOLL, Santiago Galan DURAN, Jeffrey G. WIEDEMEIER, Sridhar SAMUDRALA, Milind Baburao GIRKAR, Edward Thomas GROCHOWSKI, Jonathan Cannon HALL, Dennis R. BRADFORD, Elmoustapha OULD-AHMED-VALL, James C ABEL, Mark CHARNEY, Seth ABRAHAM, Suleyman SAIR, Andrew Thomas FORSYTH, Lisa WU, Charles YOUNT
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Patent number: 11210096Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Robert C. Valentine, Jesus Corbal San Adrian, Roger Espasa Sans, Robert D. Cavin, Bret L. Toll, Santiago Galan Duran, Jeffrey G. Wiedemeier, Sridhar Samudrala, Milind Baburao Girkar, Edward Thomas Grochowski, Jonathan Cannon Hall, Dennis R. Bradford, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, James C Abel, Mark Charney, Seth Abraham, Suleyman Sair, Andrew Thomas Forsyth, Lisa Wu, Charles Yount
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Patent number: 11093277Abstract: Embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatuses for heterogeneous computing are described. In some embodiments, a hardware heterogeneous scheduler dispatches instructions for execution on one or more plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, the instructions corresponding to a code fragment to be processed by the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, wherein the instructions are native instructions to at least one of the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Rajesh M. Sankaran, Gilbert Neiger, Narayan Ranganathan, Stephen R. Van Doren, Joseph Nuzman, Niall D. McDonnell, Michael A. O'Hanlon, Lokpraveen B. Mosur, Tracy Garrett Drysdale, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Asit K. Mishra, Ganesh Venkatesh, Deborah T. Marr, Nicholas P. Carter, Jonathan D. Pearce, Edward T. Grochowski, Richard J. Greco, Robert Valentine, Jesus Corbal, Thomas D. Fletcher, Dennis R. Bradford, Dwight P. Manley, Mark J. Charney, Jeffrey J. Cook, Paul Caprioli, Koichi Yamada, Kent D. Glossop, David B. Sheffield
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Publication number: 20210081198Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for chained fused multiply add. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a decoder to decode a single instruction having an opcode, a destination field representing a destination operand, a first source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands of a first type that have packed data elements of a first size, a second source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and a field for a memory location that stores a scalar value. A register file having a plurality of packed data registers includes registers for the plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a first size, the source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and the destination operand.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: JESUS CORBAL, ROBERT VALENTINE, ROMAN S. DUBTSOV, NIKITA A. SHUSTROV, MARK J. CHARNEY, DENNIS R. BRADFORD, MILIND B. GIRKAR, EDWARD T. GROCHOWSKI, THOMAS D. FLETCHER, WARREN E. FERGUSON
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Publication number: 20200401440Abstract: Embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatuses for heterogeneous computing are described. In some embodiments, a hardware heterogeneous scheduler dispatches instructions for execution on one or more plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, the instructions corresponding to a code fragment to be processed by the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements, wherein the instructions are native instructions to at least one of the one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous processing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Rajesh M. SANKARAN, Gilbert NEIGER, Narayan RANGANATHAN, Stephen R. VAN DOREN, Joseph NUZMAN, Niall D. MCDONNELL, Michael A. O'HANLON, Lokpraveen B. MOSUR, Tracy Garrett DRYSDALE, Eriko NURVITADHI, Asit K. MISHRA, Ganesh VENKATESH, Deborah T. MARR, Nicholas P. CARTER, Jonathan D. PEARCE, Edward T. GROCHOWSKI, Richard J. GRECO, Robert VALENTINE, Jesus CORBAL, Thomas D. FLETCHER, Dennis R. BRADFORD, Dwight P. MANLEY, Mark J. CHARNEY, Jeffrey J. COOK, Paul CAPRIOLI, Koichi YAMADA, Kent D. GLOSSOP, David B. SHEFFIELD
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Publication number: 20200394042Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Robert C. VALENTINE, Jesus Corbal SAN ADRIAN, Roger Espasa SANS, Robert D. CAVIN, Bret L. TOLL, Santiago Galan DURAN, Jeffrey G. WIEDEMEIER, Sridhar SAMUDRALA, Milind Baburao GIRKAR, Edward Thomas GROCHOWSKI, Jonathan Cannon HALL, Dennis R. BRADFORD, Elmoustapha OULD-AHMED-VALL, James C. ABEL, Mark CHARNEY, Seth ABRAHAM, Suleyman SAIR, Andrew Thomas FORSYTH, Lisa WU, Charles YOUNT
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Patent number: 10853065Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for chained fused multiply add. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a decoder to decode a single instruction having an opcode, a destination field representing a destination operand, a first source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands of a first type that have packed data elements of a first size, a second source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and a field for a memory location that stores a scalar value. A register file having a plurality of packed data registers includes registers for the plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a first size, the source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and the destination operand.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jesus Corbal, Robert Valentine, Roman S. Dubtsov, Nikita A. Shustrov, Mark J. Charney, Dennis R. Bradford, Milind B. Girkar, Edward T. Grochowski, Thomas D. Fletcher, Warren E. Ferguson
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Patent number: 10795680Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Robert C. Valentine, Jesus Corbal San Adrian, Roger Espasa Sans, Robert D. Cavin, Bret L. Toll, Santiago Galan Duran, Jeffrey G. Wiedemeier, Sridhar Samudrala, Milind Baburao Girkar, Edward Thomas Grochowski, Jonathan Cannon Hall, Dennis R. Bradford, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, James C. Abel, Mark Charney, Seth Abraham, Suleyman Sair, Andrew Thomas Forsyth, Lisa Wu, Charles Yount