Patents by Inventor Frank J. Zappulla

Frank J. Zappulla 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).

  • Chained-instruction dispatcher
    Patent number: 10031758
    Abstract: A dispatcher circuit receives sets of instructions from an instructing entity. Instructions of the set of a first type are put into a first queue circuit, instructions of the set of a second type are put into a second queue circuit, and so forth. The first queue circuit dispatches instructions of the first type to one or more processing engines and records when the instructions of the set are completed. When all the instructions of the set of the first type have been completed, then the first queue circuit sends the second queue circuit a go signal, which causes the second queue circuit to dispatch instructions of the second type and to record when they have been completed. This process proceeds from queue circuit to queue circuit. When all the instructions of the set have been completed, then the dispatcher circuit returns an “instructions done” to the original instructing entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Netronome Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Zappulla, Steven W. Zagorianakos, Rajesh Vaidheeswarran
  • CHAINED-INSTRUCTION DISPATCHER
    Publication number: 20150277924
    Abstract: A dispatcher circuit receives sets of instructions from an instructing entity. Instructions of the set of a first type are put into a first queue circuit, instructions of the set of a second type are put into a second queue circuit, and so forth. The first queue circuit dispatches instructions of the first type to one or more processing engines and records when the instructions of the set are completed. When all the instructions of the set of the first type have been completed, then the first queue circuit sends the second queue circuit a go signal, which causes the second queue circuit to dispatch instructions of the second type and to record when they have been completed. This process proceeds from queue circuit to queue circuit. When all the instructions of the set have been completed, then the dispatcher circuit returns an “instructions done” to the original instructing entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Zappulla, Steven W. Zagorianakos, Rajesh Vaidheeswarran