Patents by Inventor Niall D. McDonnell

Niall D. McDonnell 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).

  • Publication number: 20230418655
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20230401109
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a load balancer that is configured to selectively perform ordering of requests from the one or more cores, allocate the requests into queue elements prior to allocation to one or more receiver cores of the one or more cores to process the requests, and perform two or more operations of: adjust a number of queues associated with a core of the one or more cores by changing a number of consumer queues (CQs) allocated to a single domain, adjust a number of target cores in a group of target cores to be load balanced, and order memory space writes from multiple caching agents (CAs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Niall D. MCDONNELL, Ambalavanar ARULAMBALAM, Te Khac MA, Surekha PERI, Pravin PATHAK, James CLEE, An YAN, Steven POLLOCK, Bruce RICHARDSON, Vijaya Bhaskar KOMMINENI, Abhinandan GUJJAR
  • Patent number: 11693691
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20230185732
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computing apparatus, including: a memory; a memory encryption controller to encrypt at least a region of the memory; and a network interface to communicatively couple the computing apparatus to a remote host; wherein the memory encryption controller is configured to send an encrypted packet decryptable via an encryption key directly from the memory to the remote host via the network interface, bypassing a network protocol stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Weigang Li, Changzheng Wei, John Barry, Maryam Tahhan, Jonas Alexander Svennebring, Niall D. McDonnell, Alexander Leckey, Patrick Fleming, Christopher MacNamara, John Joseph Browne
  • Patent number: 11641608
    Abstract: Aspects of data re-direction are described, which can include software-defined networking (SDN) data re-direction operations. Some aspects include data re-direction operations performed by one or more virtualized network functions. In some aspects, a network router decodes an indication of a handover of a user equipment (UE) from a first end point (EP) to a second EP, based on the indication, the router can update a relocation table including the UE identifier, an identifier of the first EP, and an identifier of the second EP. The router can receive a data packet for the UE, configured for transmission to the first EP, and modify the data packet, based on the relocation table, for rerouting to the second EP. In some aspects, the router can decode handover prediction information, including an indication of a predicted future geographic location of the UE, and update the relocation table based on the handover prediction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jonas Svennebring, Niall D. McDonnell, Andrey Chilikin, Andrew Cunningham, Christopher MacNamara, Carl-Oscar Montelius, Eliezer Tamir, Bjorn Topel
  • Patent number: 11500636
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to spatial and temporal merging of remote atomic operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hughes, Joseph Nuzman, Jonas Svennebring, Doddaballapur N. Jayasimha, Samantika S. Sury, David A. Koufaty, Niall D. McDonnell, Yen-Cheng Liu, Stephen R. Van Doren, Stephen J. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11489791
    Abstract: Examples include a method of switching a packet by a virtual switch by receiving a system call to transmit a packet from a first application running in a first container on a first core, determining a destination for the packet, obtaining a buffer in an application memory space of the destination, copying the packet to the destination application memory space, and writing an entry for the packet to a queue assigned to the destination, the destination queue being in a queue manager. The packet may then be obtained by an entity at the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Niall D. McDonnell, Bruce Richardson, John Mangan, Harry Van Haaren, Ciara Loftus, Brian A. Keating
  • Patent number: 11416281
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20220214973
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a device issuing a single command to request invalidation of multiple cache lines associated with a memory address range in a cache device. In some examples, the cache device is associated with the processor. In some examples, the processor comprises one or more of a central processing unit (CPU), core, or graphics processing unit (GPU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce RICHARDSON, Niall D. MCDONNELL, Subhiksha RAVISUNDAR
  • Publication number: 20220164218
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20210385720
    Abstract: Aspects of data re-direction are described, which can include software-defined networking (SDN) data re-direction operations. Some aspects include data re-direction operations performed by one or more virtualized network functions. In some aspects, a network router decodes an indication of a handover of a user equipment (UE) from a first end point (EP) to a second EP, based on the indication, the router can update a relocation table including the UE identifier, an identifier of the first EP, and an identifier of the second EP. The router can receive a data packet for the UE, configured for transmission to the first EP, and modify the data packet, based on the relocation table, for rerouting to the second EP. In some aspects, the router can decode handover prediction information, including an indication of a predicted future geographic location of the UE, and update the relocation table based on the handover prediction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jonas Svennebring, Niall D. McDonnell, Andrey Chilikin, Andrew Cunningham, Christopher MacNamara, Carl-Oscar Montelius, Eliezer Tamir, Bjorn Topel
  • Publication number: 20210318885
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for network security monitoring (NSM). A hardware queue manager (HQM) may include an input interface to receive first data from at least a first worker thread, queue duplication circuitry to generate a copy of at least a portion of the first data to create first copied data, and an output interface to (a) provide the first copied data to a second worker thread, and/or (b) provide at least a portion of the first data to a third worker thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kapil Sood, Andrew J. Herdrich, Scott P. Dubal, Patrick L. Connor, James Robert Hearn, Niall D. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 11134021
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for processor queue management are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus to provide queue congestion management assistance may include at least one memory and logic for a queue manager, at least a portion of the logic comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one memory, the logic to determine queue information for at least one queue element (QE) queue storing at least one QE, compare the queue information to at least one queue threshold value, and generate a queue notification responsive to the queue information being outside of the queue threshold value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Kenny, Niall D. McDonnell, Andrew Cunningham, Debra Bernstein, William G. Burroughs, Hugh Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11093277
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 11080202
    Abstract: A computing apparatus, including: a processor; a pointer to a counter memory location; and a lazy increment counter engine to: receive a stimulus to update the counter; and lazy increment the counter including issuing a weakly-ordered increment directive to the pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Niall D. McDonnell, Christopher MacNamara, John J. Browne, Andrew Cunningham, Brendan Ryan, Patrick Fleming, Namakkal N. Venkatesan, Bruce Richardson, Tomasz Kantecki, Sean Harte, Pierre Laurent
  • Publication number: 20210117360
    Abstract: Examples described herein include a system comprising: a processing unit package comprising: at least one core and at least one offload processing device communicatively coupled inline between the at least one core and a network interface controller, the at least one offload processing device configurable to perform packet processing. In some examples, the at least one offload processing device is to allow mapping of packet processing pipeline stages of networking applications among software running on the at least one core and the at least one offload processing device to permit flexible entry, exit, and re-entry points among the at least one core and the at least one offload processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick G. KUTCH, Andrey CHILIKIN, Niall D. MCDONNELL, Brian A. KEATING, Naveen LAKKAKULA, Ilango S. GANGA, Venkidesh KRISHNA IYER, Patrick FLEMING, Lokpraveen MOSUR
  • Patent number: 10966135
    Abstract: Aspects of data re-direction are described, which can include software-defined networking (SDN) data re-direction operations. Some aspects include data re-direction operations performed by one or more virtualized network functions. In some aspects, a network router decodes an indication of a handover of a user equipment (UE) from a first end point (EP) to a second EP, based on the indication, the router can update a relocation table including the UE identifier, an identifier of the first EP, and an identifier of the second EP. The router can receive a data packet for the UE, configured for transmission to the first EP, and modify the data packet, based on the relocation table, for rerouting to the second EP. In some aspects, the router can decode handover prediction information, including an indication of a predicted future geographic location of the UE, and update the relocation table based on the handover prediction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jonas Svennebring, Niall D. McDonnell, Andrey Chilikin, Andrew Cunningham, Chris MacNamara, Carl-Oscar Montelius, Eliezer Tamir, Bjorn Topel
  • Patent number: 10929323
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a hardware queue management device for reducing inter-core data transfer overhead by offloading request management and data coherency tasks from the CPU cores. The apparatus include multi-core processors, a shared L3 or last-level cache (“LLC”), and a hardware queue management device to receive, store, and process inter-core data transfer requests. The hardware queue management device further comprises a resource management system to control the rate in which the cores may submit requests to reduce core stalls and dropped requests. Additionally, software instructions are introduced to optimize communication between the cores and the queue management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ren Wang, Yipeng Wang, Andrew Herdrich, Jr-Shian Tsai, Tsung-Yuan C. Tai, Niall D. McDonnell, Hugh Wilkinson, Bradley A. Burres, Bruce Richardson, Namakkal N. Venkatesan, Debra Bernstein, Edwin Verplanke, Stephen R. Van Doren, An Yan, Andrew Cunningham, David Sonnier, Gage Eads, James T. Clee, Jamison D. Whitesell, Jerry Pirog, Jonathan Kenny, Joseph R. Hasting, Narender Vangati, Stephen Miller, Te K. Ma, William Burroughs
  • Publication number: 20210034546
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computing apparatus, including: a memory; a memory encryption controller to encrypt at least a region of the memory; and a network interface to communicatively couple the computing apparatus to a remote host; wherein the memory encryption controller is configured to send an encrypted packet decryptable via an encryption key directly from the memory to the remote host via the network interface, bypassing a network protocol stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Weigang Li, Changzheng Wei, John Barry, Maryam Tahhan, Jonas Alexander Svennebring, Niall D. McDonnell, Alexander Leckey, Patrick Fleming, Christopher MacNamara, John Joseph Browne
  • Patent number: 10884970
    Abstract: Examples include techniques for coalescing doorbells in a request message. Example techniques include gathering doorbells to access a device. The gathered are combined in a cache line structure and the cache line structure is written to a cache or buffer for a central processing unit in a single write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tomasz Kantecki, Ben-Zion Friedman, Niall D. McDonnell, Bruce Richardson