Patents by Inventor Feng Kuan

Feng Kuan 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).

  • Managing data movement in a cell broadband engine processor
    Patent number: 8635384
    Abstract: A cell broadband engine processor includes memory, a power processing element (PPE) coupled with the memory, and a plurality of synergistic processing elements. The PPE creates a SPE as a computing SPE for an application. The PPE determines idles ones of the plurality of SPEs, and creates a managing SPE from one of the idle SPEs. Each of the plurality of SPEs is associated with a local storage. The managing SPE informs the computing SPE of a starting effective address of the local storage of the managing SPE and an effective address for a command queue. The managing SPE manages movement of data associated with computing of the computing SPE based on one or more commands associated with the application. A computing SPE sends the one or more commands to the managing SPE for insertion into the command queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zheng Wang, Liang Chen, Wenjun Wang, Feng Kuan
  • MANAGING DATA MOVEMENT IN A CELL BROADBAND ENGINE PROCESSOR
    Publication number: 20120297092
    Abstract: A cell broadband engine processor includes memory, a power processing element (PPE) coupled with the memory, and a plurality of synergistic processing elements. The PPE creates a SPE as a computing SPE for an application. The PPE determines idles ones of the plurality of SPEs, and creates a managing SPE from one of the idle SPEs. Each of the plurality of SPEs is associated with a local storage. The managing SPE informs the computing SPE of a starting effective address of the local storage of the managing SPE and an effective address for a command queue. The managing SPE manages movement of data associated with computing of the computing SPE based on one or more commands associated with the application. A computing SPE sends the one or more commands to the managing SPE for insertion into the command queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zheng Wang, Liang Chen, Wenjun Wang, Feng Kuan