Patents by Inventor Nuwan S. Jayasena

Nuwan S. Jayasena 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: 11954036
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, systems and non-transitory computer-readable computer readable media including instructions for executing a prefetch kernel that includes memory accesses for prefetching data for a processing kernel into a memory, and, subsequent to executing at least a portion of the prefetch kernel, executing the processing kernel where the processing kernel includes accesses to data that is stored into the memory resulting from execution of the prefetch kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Nuwan S. Jayasena, James Michael O'Connor, Michael Mantor
  • Publication number: 20240103763
    Abstract: In accordance with the described techniques for bank-level parallelism for processing in memory, a plurality of commands are received for execution by a processing in memory component embedded in a memory. The memory includes a first bank and a second bank. The plurality of commands include a first stream of commands which cause the processing in memory component to perform operations that access the first bank and a second stream of commands which cause the processing in memory component to perform operations that access the second bank. A next row of the first bank that is to be accessed by the processing in memory component is identified. Further, a precharge command is scheduled to close a first row of the first bank and an activate command is scheduled to open the next row of the first bank in parallel with execution of the second stream of commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahzabeen Islam, Shaizeen Dilawarhusen Aga, Johnathan Robert Alsop, MOHAMED ASSEM ABD ELMOHSEN IBRAHIM, Nuwan S Jayasena
  • Publication number: 20240103745
    Abstract: A memory controller coupled to a memory module receives both processing-in-memory (PIM) requests and memory requests from a host (e.g., a host processor). The memory controller issues PIM requests to one group of memory banks and concurrently issues memory requests to one or more other groups of memory banks. Accordingly, memory requests are performed on groups of memory banks that would otherwise be idle while PIM requests are performed on the one group of memory banks. Optionally, the memory controller coupled to the memory module also takes various actions when switching between operating in a PIM mode and a non-processing-in-memory mode to reduce or hide overhead when switching between the two modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Niti Madan, Johnathan Robert Alsop, Alexandru Dutu, Mahzabeen Islam, Yasuko Eckert, Nuwan S Jayasena
  • Publication number: 20240103860
    Abstract: Predicates for processing in memory is described. In accordance with the described techniques, a predicate instruction to compute a conditional value based on data stored in a memory is provided to a processing-in-memory component. A response that includes the conditional value computed by the processing-in-memory component is received, and the conditional value is stored in a predicate register. One or more conditional instructions are provided to the processing-in-memory component based on the conditional value stored in the predicate register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Nuwan S. Jayasena
  • Patent number: 11762828
    Abstract: A method includes, for each key of a plurality of keys, identifying from a set of buckets a first bucket for the key based on a first hash function, and identifying from the set of buckets a second bucket for the key based on a second hash function. An entry for the key is stored in a bucket selected from one of the first bucket and the second bucket. The entry is inserted in a sequence of entries in a memory block. A position of the entry in the sequence of entries corresponds to the selected bucket. For each bucket in the set of buckets, an indication of a number of entries in the bucket is recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Breslow, Nuwan S. Jayasena
  • Publication number: 20230142598
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a memory controller coupleable to a memory. The memory controller to schedule memory accesses to regions of the memory based on memory timing parameters specific to the regions. A method includes receiving a memory access request at a memory device. The method further includes accessing, from a timing data store of the memory device, data representing a memory timing parameter specific to a region of the memory cell circuitry targeted by the memory access request. The method also includes scheduling, at the memory controller, the memory access request based on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Yi XU, Nuwan S. JAYASENA, Yuan XIE
  • Publication number: 20230076872
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, systems and non-transitory computer-readable computer readable media including instructions for executing a prefetch kernel that includes memory accesses for prefetching data for a processing kernel into a memory, and, subsequent to executing at least a portion of the prefetch kernel, executing the processing kernel where the processing kernel includes accesses to data that is stored into the memory resulting from execution of the prefetch kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Nuwan S. Jayasena, James Michael O'Connor, Michael Mantor
  • Patent number: 11537397
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for efficiently sharing registers among threads are disclosed. A system includes at least a processor, control logic, and a register file with a plurality of registers. The processor assigns a base set of registers to each thread of a plurality of threads executing on the processor. When a given thread needs more than the base set of registers to execute a given phase of program code, the given thread executes an acquire instruction to acquire exclusive access to an extended set of registers from a shared resource pool. When the given thread no longer needs additional registers, the given thread executes a release instruction to release the extended set of registers back into the shared register pool for other threads to use. In one implementation, the compiler inserts acquire and release instructions into the program code based on a register liveness analysis performed during compilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Farzad Khorasani, Amin Farmahini-Farahani, Nuwan S. Jayasena
  • Patent number: 11500778
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, systems and non-transitory computer-readable computer readable media including instructions for executing a prefetch kernel with reduced intermediate state storage resource requirements. These include executing a prefetch kernel on a graphics processing unit (GPU), such that the prefetch kernel begins executing before a processing kernel. The prefetch kernel performs memory operations that are based upon at least a subset of memory operations in the processing kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Nuwan S. Jayasena, James Michael O'Connor, Michael Mantor
  • Patent number: 11474703
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a memory controller coupleable to a memory. The memory controller to schedule memory accesses to regions of the memory based on memory timing parameters specific to the regions. A method includes receiving a memory access request at a memory device. The method further includes accessing, from a timing data store of the memory device, data representing a memory timing parameter specific to a region of the memory cell circuitry targeted by the memory access request. The method also includes scheduling, at the memory controller, the memory access request based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Xu, Nuwan S. Jayasena, Yuan Xie
  • Publication number: 20210312952
    Abstract: A processing system includes a plurality of processor cores formed in a first layer of an integrated circuit device and a plurality of partitions of memory formed in one or more second layers of the integrated circuit device. The one or more second layers are deployed in a stacked configuration with the first layer. Each of the partitions is associated with a subset of the processor cores that have overlapping footprints with the partitions. The processing system also includes first memory paths between the processor cores and their corresponding subsets of partitions. The processing system further includes second memory paths between the processor cores and the partitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Nuwan S. JAYASENA, Yasuko ECKERT
  • Publication number: 20210200433
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a memory controller coupleable to a memory. The memory controller to schedule memory accesses to regions of the memory based on memory timing parameters specific to the regions. A method includes receiving a memory access request at a memory device. The method further includes accessing, from a timing data store of the memory device, data representing a memory timing parameter specific to a region of the memory cell circuitry targeted by the memory access request. The method also includes scheduling, at the memory controller, the memory access request based on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yi XU, Nuwan S. JAYASENA, Yuan XIE
  • Patent number: 10984838
    Abstract: A processing system includes a plurality of processor cores formed in a first layer of an integrated circuit device and a plurality of partitions of memory formed in one or more second layers of the integrated circuit device. The one or more second layers are deployed in a stacked configuration with the first layer. Each of the partitions is associated with a subset of the processor cores that have overlapping footprints with the partitions. The processing system also includes first memory paths between the processor cores and their corresponding subsets of partitions. The processing system further includes second memory paths between the processor cores and the partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Nuwan S. Jayasena, Yasuko Eckert
  • Patent number: 10956044
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a memory controller coupleable to a memory. The memory controller to schedule memory accesses to regions of the memory based on memory timing parameters specific to the regions. A method includes receiving a memory access request at a memory device. The method further includes accessing, from a timing data store of the memory device, data representing a memory timing parameter specific to a region of the memory cell circuitry targeted by the memory access request. The method also includes scheduling, at the memory controller, the memory access request based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Yi Xu, Nuwan S. Jayasena, Yuan Xie
  • Patent number: 10705972
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining preferred memory page management policies by software are disclosed. Software executing on one or more processing units generates a memory request. Software determines the preferred page management policy for the memory request based at least in part on the data access size and data access pattern of the memory request. Software conveys an indication of a preferred page management policy to a memory controller. Then, the memory controller accesses memory for the memory request using the preferred page management policy specified by software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Amin Farmahini-Farahani, Alexander D. Breslow, Nuwan S. Jayasena
  • Patent number: 10706101
    Abstract: Methods and mechanisms for managing data in a hash table are disclosed. A computing system includes a hash table configured to store data and hash management logic. In response to receiving a request to insert data into the hash table, the hash management logic is configured to generate a first hash value by applying a first hash function to the key of the key-value pair, and identify a first bucket within the hash table that corresponds to the first hash table. If the first bucket has a slot available, store the key-value pair in the slot. If the first bucket does not have a slot available, select a first slot of the first bucket for conversion to a remap entry, store the key-value pair in a second bucket, and store information associating the key-value pair with the second bucket in the remap entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Breslow, Dong Ping Zhang, Nuwan S. Jayasena
  • Publication number: 20200210341
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, systems and non-transitory computer-readable computer readable media including instructions for executing a prefetch kernel with reduced intermediate state storage resource requirements. These include executing a prefetch kernel on a graphics processing unit (GPU), such that the prefetch kernel begins executing before a processing kernel. The prefetch kernel performs memory operations that are based upon at least a subset of memory operations in the processing kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Nuwan S. Jayasena, James Michael O'Connor, Michael Mantor
  • Patent number: 10585801
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, systems and computer readable media configured to execute a first kernel (e.g. compute or graphics kernel) with reduced intermediate state storage resource requirements. These include executing a first and second (e.g. prefetch) kernel on a data-parallel processor, such that the second kernel begins executing before the first kernel. The second kernel performs memory operations that are based upon at least a subset of memory operations in the first kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Nuwan S. Jayasena, James Michael O'Connor, Michael Mantor
  • Patent number: 10585826
    Abstract: The described embodiments include a computing device with multiple interrupt processors for processing interrupts. In the described embodiments, each of the multiple processors is classified as one or more processor types based on factors such as features and functionality of the processor, an operating environment of the processor, the characteristics of some or all of the available interrupts, etc. During operation, an interrupt controller in the computing device receives an indication of an interrupt. The interrupt controller then determines a processor type for processing the interrupt. Next, the interrupt controller causes the interrupt to be processed by one of the plurality of processors that is the determined processor type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Nuwan S. Jayasena, Andrew G. Kegel
  • Patent number: 10522193
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for a memory device system. One or more memory dies and at least one logic die are disposed in a package and communicatively coupled. The logic die comprises a processing device configurable to manage virtual memory and operate in an operating mode. The operating mode is selected from a set of operating modes comprising a slave operating mode and a host operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Nuwan S. Jayasena, Gabriel H. Loh, Bradford M. Beckmann, James M. O'Connor, Lisa R. Hsu