Patents by Inventor Neal S. Moyer

Neal S. Moyer 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).

  • Patent number: 10175986
    Abstract: A processor includes a logic for stateless capture of data linear addresses (DLA) during precise event based sampling (PEBS) for an out-of-order execution engine. The engine may include a PEBS unit with logic to increment a counter each time an instance of a designated micro-op is retired a reorder buffer, capture output DLA referenced by an instance of the micro-op that executes after the counter overflows, set a captured bit associated with a reorder buffer identifier for the instance of the micro-op, and store a PEBS record in a debug storage when the instance of the micro-op is retired from the reorder buffer. The designated micro-op references a DLA of a memory accessible to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Gramunt, Ramon Matas, Benjamin C. Chaffin, Neal S. Moyer, Rammohan Padmanabhan, Alexey P. Suprun, Matthew G. Smith
  • Patent number: 9886396
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor includes a frontend unit having an instruction decoder to receive and to decode instructions of a plurality of threads, an execution unit coupled to the instruction decoder to receive and execute the decoded instructions, and an instruction retirement unit having a retirement logic to receive the instructions from the execution unit and to retire the instructions associated with one or more of the threads that have an instruction or an event pending to be retired. The instruction retirement unit includes a thread arbitration logic to select one of the threads at a time and to dispatch the selected thread to the retirement logic for retirement processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Gramunt, Rammohan Padmanabhan, Ramon Matas, Neal S. Moyer, Benjamin C. Chaffin, Avinash Sodani, Alexey P. Suprun, Vikram S. Sundaram, Chung-Lun Chan, Gerardo A. Fernandez, Julio Gago, Michael S. Yang, Aditya Kesiraju
  • Publication number: 20170242698
    Abstract: A processor includes a logic for stateless capture of data linear addresses (DLA) during precise event based sampling (PEBS) for an out-of-order execution engine. The engine may include a PEBS unit with logic to increment a counter each time an instance of a designated micro-op is retired a reorder buffer, capture output DLA referenced by an instance of the micro-op that executes after the counter overflows, set a captured bit associated with a reorder buffer identifier for the instance of the micro-op, and store a PEBS record in a debug storage when the instance of the micro-op is retired from the reorder buffer. The designated micro-op references a DLA of a memory accessible to the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Roger Gramunt, Ramon Matas, Benjamin C. Chaffin, Neal S. Moyer, Rammohan Padmanabhan, Alexey P. Suprun, Matthew G. Smith
  • Patent number: 9652237
    Abstract: A processor includes a logic for stateless capture of data linear addresses (DLA) during precise event based sampling (PEBS) for an out-of-order execution engine. The engine may include a PEBS unit with logic to increment a counter each time an instance of a designated micro-op is retired a reorder buffer, capture output DLA referenced by an instance of the micro-op that executes after the counter overflows, set a captured bit associated with a reorder buffer identifier for the instance of the micro-op, and store a PEBS record in a debug storage when the instance of the micro-op is retired from the reorder buffer. The designated micro-op references a DLA of a memory accessible to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Gramunt, Ramon Matas, Benjamin C. Chaffin, Neal S. Moyer, Rammohan Padmanabhan, Alexey P. Suprun, Matthew G. Smith
  • Publication number: 20160179533
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor includes a frontend unit having an instruction decoder to receive and to decode instructions of a plurality of threads, an execution unit coupled to the instruction decoder to receive and execute the decoded instructions, and an instruction retirement unit having a retirement logic to receive the instructions from the execution unit and to retire the instructions associated with one or more of the threads that have an instruction or an event pending to be retired. The instruction retirement unit includes a thread arbitration logic to select one of the threads at a time and to dispatch the selected thread to the retirement logic for retirement processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Roger Gramunt, Rammohan Padmanabhan, Ramon Matas, Neal S. Moyer, Benjamin C. Chaffin, Avinash Sodani, Alexey P. Suprun, Vikram S. Sundaram, Chung-Lun Chan, Gerardo A. Fernandez, Julio Gago, Michael S. Yang, Aditya Kesiraju
  • Publication number: 20160179541
    Abstract: A processor includes a logic for stateless capture of data linear addresses (DLA) during precise event based sampling (PEBS) for an out-of-order execution engine. The engine may include a PEBS unit with logic to increment a counter each time an instance of a designated micro-op is retired a reorder buffer, capture output DLA referenced by an instance of the micro-op that executes after the counter overflows, set a captured bit associated with a reorder buffer identifier for the instance of the micro-op, and store a PEBS record in a debug storage when the instance of the micro-op is retired from the reorder buffer. The designated micro-op references a DLA of a memory accessible to the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Roger Gramunt, Ramon Matas, Benjamin C. Chaffin, Neal S. Moyer, Rammohan Padmanabhan, Alexey P. Suprun, Matthew G. Smith