Patents by Inventor Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI

Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI 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: 11545114
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for data processing, e.g., a display processing unit (DPU). The apparatus may receive data including a plurality of data bits, the data being associated with at least one data source. The apparatus may also determine whether at least a portion of the data corresponds to priority data, the priority data being within a region of interest (ROI). The apparatus may also detect an adjustment amount of the received data when at least a portion of the data corresponds to priority data, the data being displayed or stored based on the detected adjustment amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, John Chi Kit Wong, Rahul Gulati, Gary Arthur Ciambella, Sreekanth Modaikkal
  • Publication number: 20220020340
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for data processing, e.g., a display processing unit (DPU). The apparatus may receive data including a plurality of data bits, the data being associated with at least one data source. The apparatus may also determine whether at least a portion of the data corresponds to priority data, the priority data being within a region of interest (ROI). The apparatus may also detect an adjustment amount of the received data when at least a portion of the data corresponds to priority data, the data being displayed or stored based on the detected adjustment amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI, John Chi Kit WONG, Rahul GULATI, Gary Arthur CIAMBELLA, Sreekanth MODAIKKAL
  • Publication number: 20190324512
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for full-hardware management of power and clock domains related to a distributed virtual memory (DVM) network. An aspect includes transmitting, from a DVM initiator to a DVM network, a DVM operation, broadcasting, by the DVM network to a plurality of DVM targets, the DVM operation, and, based on the DVM operation being broadcasted to the plurality of DVM targets by the DVM network, performing one or more hardware optimizations comprising: turning on a clock domain coupled to the DVM network or a DVM target of the plurality of DVM targets that is a target of the DVM operation, increasing a frequency of the clock domain, turning on a power domain coupled to the DVM target based on the power domain being turned off, or terminating the DVM operation to the DVM target based on the DVM target being turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jason Edward PODAIMA, Christophe Denis Bernard AVOINNE, Manokanthan SOMASUNDARAM, Sina DENA, Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI, Bohuslav RYCHLIK, Steven John HALTER, Jaya Prakash SUBRAMANIAM GANASAN, Myil RAMKUMAR, Dipti Ranjan PAL
  • Patent number: 10386904
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for full-hardware management of power and clock domains related to a distributed virtual memory (DVM) network. An aspect includes transmitting, from a DVM initiator to a DVM network, a DVM operation, broadcasting, by the DVM network to a plurality of DVM targets, the DVM operation, and, based on the DVM operation being broadcasted to the plurality of DVM targets by the DVM network, performing one or more hardware optimizations comprising: turning on a clock domain coupled to the DVM network or a DVM target of the plurality of DVM targets that is a target of the DVM operation, increasing a frequency of the clock domain, turning on a power domain coupled to the DVM target based on the power domain being turned off, or terminating the DVM operation to the DVM target based on the DVM target being turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Christophe Denis Bernard Avoinne, Manokanthan Somasundaram, Sina Dena, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Bohuslav Rychlik, Steven John Halter, Jaya Prakash Subramaniam Ganasan, Myil Ramkumar, Dipti Ranjan Pal
  • Patent number: 10037280
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-fetching address translations in a memory management unit (MMU) are disclosed. The MMU detects a triggering condition related to one or more translation caches associated with the MMU, the triggering condition associated with a trigger address, generates a sequence descriptor describing a sequence of address translations to pre-fetch into the one or more translation caches, the sequence of address translations comprising a plurality of address translations corresponding to a plurality of address ranges adjacent to an address range containing the trigger address, and issues an address translation request to the one or more translation caches for each of the plurality of address translations, wherein the one or more translation caches pre-fetch at least one address translation of the plurality of address translations into the one or more translation caches when the at least one address translation is not present in the one or more translation caches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Kyle John Ernewein, Carlos Javier Moreira, Meghal Varia, Serag Gadelrab, Muhammad Umar Choudry
  • Patent number: 10019380
    Abstract: Providing memory management functionality using aggregated memory management units (MMUs), and related apparatuses and methods are disclosed. In one aspect, an aggregated MMU is provided, comprising a plurality of input data paths including each including plurality of input transaction buffers, and a plurality of output paths each including a plurality of output transaction buffers. Some aspects of the aggregated MMU additionally provide one or more translation caches and/or one or more hardware page table walkers The aggregated MMU further includes an MMU management circuit configured to retrieve a memory address translation request (MATR) from an input transaction buffer, perform a memory address translation operation based on the MATR to generate a translated memory address field (TMAF), and provide the TMAF to an output transaction buffer. The aggregated MMU also provides a plurality of output data paths, each configured to output transactions with resulting memory address translations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Serag Monier GadelRab, Jason Edward Podaima, Ruolong Liu, Alexander Miretsky, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Kyle John Ernewein, Carlos Javier Moreira, Simon Peter William Booth, Meghal Varia, Thomas David Dryburgh
  • Patent number: 10007619
    Abstract: Systems and methods relate to performing address translations in a multithreaded memory management unit (MMU). Two or more address translation requests can be received by the multithreaded MMU and processed in parallel to retrieve address translations to addresses of a system memory. If the address translations are present in a translation cache of the multithreaded MMU, the address translations can be received from the translation cache and scheduled for access of the system memory using the translated addresses. If there is a miss in the translation cache, two or more address translation requests can be scheduled in two or more translation table walks in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Carlos Javier Moreira, Alexander Miretsky, Meghal Varia, Kyle John Ernewein, Manokanthan Somasundaram, Muhammad Umar Choudry, Serag Monier Gadelrab
  • Patent number: 9836410
    Abstract: A comparand that includes a virtual address is received. Upon determining a match of the comparand to a burst entry tag, a candidate matching translation data unit is selected. The selecting is from a plurality of translation data units associated with the burst entry tag, and is based at least in part on at least one bit of the virtual address. Content of the candidate matching translation data unit is compared to at least a portion of the comparand. Upon a match, a hit is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Alexander Miretsky
  • Patent number: 9824015
    Abstract: Providing memory management unit (MMU) partitioned translation caches, and related apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media. In this regard, an apparatus comprising an MMU is provided. The MMU comprises a translation cache providing a plurality of translation cache entries defining address translation mappings. The MMU further comprises a partition descriptor table providing a plurality of partition descriptors defining a corresponding plurality of partitions each comprising one or more translation cache entries of the plurality of translation cache entries. The MMU also comprises a partition translation circuit configured to receive a memory access request from a requestor. The partition translation circuit is further configured to determine a translation cache partition identifier (TCPID) of the memory access request, identify one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions based on the TCPID, and perform the memory access request on a translation cache entry of the one or more partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Bohuslav Rychlik, Carlos Javier Moreira, Serag Monier GadelRab, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Alexander Miretsky, Kyle John Ernewein
  • Patent number: 9792215
    Abstract: Methods and systems for pre-fetching address translations in a memory management unit (MMU) of a device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the MMU receives a pre-fetch command from an upstream component of the device, the pre-fetch command including an address of an instruction, pre-fetches a translation of the instruction from a translation table in a memory of the device, and stores the translation of the instruction in a translation cache associated with the MMU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Bohuslav Rychlik, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Kyle John Ernewein, Carlos Javier Moreira, Meghal Varia, Serag Gadelrab
  • Patent number: 9785559
    Abstract: Providing memory management unit (MMU) partitioned translation caches, and related apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media. In this regard, an apparatus comprising an MMU is provided. The MMU comprises a translation cache providing a plurality of translation cache entries defining address translation mappings. The MMU further comprises a partition descriptor table providing a plurality of partition descriptors defining a corresponding plurality of partitions each comprising one or more translation cache entries of the plurality of translation cache entries. The MMU also comprises a partition translation circuit configured to receive a memory access request from a requestor. The partition translation circuit is further configured to determine a translation cache partition identifier (TCPID) of the memory access request, identify one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions based on the TCPID, and perform the memory access request on a translation cache entry of the one or more partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Bohuslav Rychlik, Carlos Javier Moreira, Serag Monier GadelRab, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Alexander Miretsky, Kyle John Ernewein
  • Publication number: 20170285705
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for full-hardware management of power and clock domains related to a distributed virtual memory (DVM) network. An aspect includes transmitting, from a DVM initiator to a DVM network, a DVM operation, broadcasting, by the DVM network to a plurality of DVM targets, the DVM operation, and, based on the DVM operation being broadcasted to the plurality of DVM targets by the DVM network, performing one or more hardware optimizations comprising: turning on a clock domain coupled to the DVM network or a DVM target of the plurality of DVM targets that is a target of the DVM operation, increasing a frequency of the clock domain, turning on a power domain coupled to the DVM target based on the power domain being turned off, or terminating the DVM operation to the DVM target based on the DVM target being turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Edward PODAIMA, Christophe Denis Bernard AVOINNE, Manokanthan SOMASUNDARAM, Sina DENA, Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI, Bohuslav RYCHLIK, Steven John HALTER, Jaya Prakash SUBRAMANIAM GANASAN, Myil RAMKUMAR, Dipt Ranjan PAL
  • Patent number: 9747213
    Abstract: Providing memory management unit (MMU) partitioned translation caches, and related apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media. In this regard, an apparatus comprising an MMU is provided. The MMU comprises a translation cache providing a plurality of translation cache entries defining address translation mappings. The MMU further comprises a partition descriptor table providing a plurality of partition descriptors defining a corresponding plurality of partitions each comprising one or more translation cache entries of the plurality of translation cache entries. The MMU also comprises a partition translation circuit configured to receive a memory access request from a requestor. The partition translation circuit is further configured to determine a translation cache partition identifier (TCPID) of the memory access request, identify one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions based on the TCPID, and perform the memory access request on a translation cache entry of the one or more partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Bohuslav Rychlik, Carlos Javier Moreira, Serag Monier GadelRab, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Alexander Miretsky, Kyle John Ernewein
  • Publication number: 20170091116
    Abstract: Providing memory management functionality using aggregated memory management units (MMUs), and related apparatuses and methods are disclosed. In one aspect, an aggregated MMU is provided, comprising a plurality of input data paths including each including plurality of input transaction buffers, and a plurality of output paths each including a plurality of output transaction buffers. Some aspects of the aggregated MMU additionally provide one or more translation caches and/or one or more hardware page table walkers The aggregated MMU further includes an MMU management circuit configured to retrieve a memory address translation request (MATR) from an input transaction buffer, perform a memory address translation operation based on the MATR to generate a translated memory address field (TMAF), and provide the TMAF to an output transaction buffer. The aggregated MMU also provides a plurality of output data paths, each configured to output transactions with resulting memory address translations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Serag Monier GadelRab, Jason Edward Podaima, Ruolong Liu, Alexander Miretsky, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Kyle John Ernewein, Carlos Javier Moreira, Simon Peter William Booth, Meghal Varia, Thomas David Dryburgh
  • Publication number: 20160350225
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-fetching address translations in a memory management unit (MMU) are disclosed. The MMU detects a triggering condition related to one or more translation caches associated with the MMU, the triggering condition associated with a trigger address, generates a sequence descriptor describing a sequence of address translations to pre-fetch into the one or more translation caches, the sequence of address translations comprising a plurality of address translations corresponding to a plurality of address ranges adjacent to an address range containing the trigger address, and issues an address translation request to the one or more translation caches for each of the plurality of address translations, wherein the one or more translation caches pre-fetch at least one address translation of the plurality of address translations into the one or more translation caches when the at least one address translation is not present in the one or more translation caches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Edward PODAIMA, Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI, Kyle John ERNEWEIN, Carlos Javier MOREIRA, Meghal VARIA, Serag GADELRAB, Muhammad Umar CHOUDRY
  • Publication number: 20160350222
    Abstract: Providing memory management unit (MMU) partitioned translation caches, and related apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media. In this regard, in one aspect, an apparatus comprising an MMU is provided. The MMU comprises a translation cache providing a plurality of translation cache entries defining address translation mappings. The MMU further comprises a partition descriptor table providing a plurality of partition descriptors defining a corresponding plurality of partitions each comprising one or more translation cache entries of the plurality of translation cache entries. The MMU also comprises a partition translation circuit configured to receive a memory access request from a requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Bohuslav Rychlik, Carlos Javier Moreira, Serag Monier GadelRab, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Alexander Miretsky, Kyle John Ernewein
  • Publication number: 20160350234
    Abstract: Systems and methods relate to performing address translations in a multithreaded memory management unit (MMU). Two or more address translation requests can be received by the multithreaded MMU and processed in parallel to retrieve address translations to addresses of a system memory. If the address translations are present in a translation cache of the multithreaded MMU, the address translations can be received from the translation cache and scheduled for access of the system memory using the translated addresses. If there is a miss in the translation cache, two or more address translation requests can be scheduled in two or more translation table walks in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Edward PODAIMA, Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI, Carlos Javier MOREIRA, Alexander MIRETSKY, Meghal VARIA, Kyle John ERNEWEIN, Manokanthan SOMASUNDARAM, Muhammad Umar CHOUDRY, Serag Monier GADELRAB
  • Publication number: 20160306746
    Abstract: A comparand that includes a virtual address is received. Upon determining a match of the comparand to a burst entry tag, a candidate matching translation data unit is selected. The selecting is from a plurality of translation data units associated with the burst entry tag, and is based at least in part on at least one bit of the virtual address. Content of the candidate matching translation data unit is compared to at least a portion of the comparand. Upon a match, a hit is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Edward PODAIMA, Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI, Alexander MIRETSKY
  • Publication number: 20160283384
    Abstract: Methods and systems for pre-fetching address translations in a memory management unit (MMU) of a device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the MMU receives a pre-fetch command from an upstream component of the device, the pre-fetch command including an address of an instruction, pre-fetches a translation of the instruction from a translation table in a memory of the device, and stores the translation of the instruction in a translation cache associated with the MMU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Edward PODAIMA, Bohuslav RYCHLIK, Paul Christopher John WIERCIENSKI, Kyle John ERNEWEIN, Carlos Javier MOREIRA, Meghal VARIA, Serag GADELRAB