Patents by Inventor Robert Valentine

Robert Valentine 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: 12681724
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for chained fused multiply add. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a decoder to decode a single instruction having an opcode, a destination field representing a destination operand, a first source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands of a first type that have packed data elements of a first size, a second source field representing a plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and a field for a memory location that stores a scalar value. A register file having a plurality of packed data registers includes registers for the plurality of packed data source operands that have packed data elements of a first size, the source operands that have packed data elements of a second size, and the destination operand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jesus Corbal, Robert Valentine, Roman S. Dubtsov, Nikita A. Shustrov, Mark J. Charney, Dennis R. Bradford, Milind B. Girkar, Edward T. Grochowski, Thomas D. Fletcher, Warren E. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20260161441
    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: December 17, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    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: 12650839
    Abstract: Embodiments detailed herein relate to matrix operations. In particular, support for a matrix transpose instruction is detailed. In some embodiments, decode circuitry to decode an instruction having fields for an opcode, a source matrix operand identifier, and a destination matrix operand identifier; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to transpose each row of elements of the identified source matrix operand into a corresponding column of the identified destination matrix operand are detailed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Valentine, Dan Baum, Zeev Sperber, Jesus Corbal, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Bret L. Toll, Mark J. Charney, Barukh Ziv, Alexander Heinecke, Milind Girkar, Menachem Adelman, Simon Rubanovich
  • Patent number: 12619761
    Abstract: An apparatus is described that includes an execution unit to execute a first instruction and a second instruction. The execution unit includes input register space to store a first data structure to be replicated when executing the first instruction and to store a second data structure to be replicated when executing the second instruction. The first and second data structures are both packed data structures. Data values of the first packed data structure are twice as large as data values of the second packed data structure. The execution unit also includes replication logic circuitry to replicate the first data structure when executing the first instruction to create a first replication data structure, and, to replicate the second data structure when executing the second data instruction to create a second replication data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Robert Valentine, Jesus Corbal, Bret L. Toll, Mark J. Charney
  • Publication number: 20260119696
    Abstract: An apparatus is described that includes an execution unit to execute a first instruction and a second instruction. The execution unit includes input register space to store a first data structure to be replicated when executing the first instruction and to store a second data structure to be replicated when executing the second instruction. The first and second data structures are both packed data structures. Data values of the first packed data structure are twice as large as data values of the second packed data structure. The execution unit also includes replication logic circuitry to replicate the first data structure when executing the first instruction to create a first replication data structure, and, to replicate the second data structure when executing the second data instruction to create a second replication data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Elmoustapha OULD-AHMED-VALL, Robert VALENTINE, Jesus CORBAL, Bret L. TOLL, Mark J. CHARNEY
  • Patent number: 12608175
    Abstract: Techniques for performing square root or reciprocal square root calculations on BF16 data elements in response to an instruction are described. An example of an instruction is one that includes fields for an opcode, an identification of a location of a packed data source operand, and an identification of a packed data destination operand, wherein the opcode is to indicate that execution circuitry is to perform, for each data element position of the packed data source operand, a calculation of a square root value of a BF16 data element in that position and store a result of each square root into a corresponding data element position of the packed data destination operand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Menachem Adelman, Alexander Heinecke, Robert Valentine, Zeev Sperber, Amit Gradstein, Mark Charney, Evangelos Georganas, Dhiraj Kalamkar, Christopher Hughes, Cristina Anderson
  • Patent number: 12608201
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for fused multiple add. In some embodiments, a decoder decodes a single instruction having an opcode, a destination field representing a destination operand, and fields for a first, second, and third packed data source operand, wherein packed data elements of the first and second packed data source operand are of a first, different size than a second size of packed data elements of the third packed data operand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Valentine, Galina Ryvchin, Piotr Majcher, Mark J. Charney, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Jesus Corbal, Milind B. Girkar, Zeev Sperber, Simon Rubanovich, Amit Gradstein
  • Publication number: 20260104894
    Abstract: Techniques for scale and reduction of BF16 data elements are described. An exemplary instruction includes fields for an opcode, an identification of a location of a first packed data source operand, an identification of a location of a second packed data source operand, and an identification of a packed data destination operand, wherein the opcode indicates that execution circuitry is to perform, for each data element position of the packed data source operands, a floating point scale operation of a BF16 data element of the first packed data source by multiplying the data element by a power of 2 value, wherein a value of the exponent of the power of 2 value is a floor value of a BF16 data element of the second packed data source, and store a result of the floating point scale operation into a corresponding data element position of the packed data destination operand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Menachem ADELMAN, Alexander HEINECKE, Robert VALENTINE, Zeev SPERBER, Amit GRADSTEIN, Mark CHARNEY, Evangelos GEORGANAS, Dhiraj KALAMKAR, Christopher HUGHES, Cristina ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20260072683
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for performing instructions to convert to 16-bit floating-point format. In one example, a processor includes fetch circuitry to fetch an instruction having fields to specify an opcode and locations of a first source vector comprising N single-precision elements, and a destination vector comprising at least N 16-bit floating-point elements, the opcode to indicate execution circuitry is to convert each of the elements of the specified source vector to 16-bit floating-point, the conversion to include truncation and rounding, as necessary, and to store each converted element into a corresponding location of the specified destination vector, decode circuitry to decode the fetched instruction, and execution circuitry to respond to the decoded instruction as specified by the opcode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Alexander F. HEINECKE, Robert VALENTINE, Mark J. CHARNEY, Raanan SADE, Menachem ADELMAN, Zeev SPERBER, Amit GRADSTEIN, Simon RUBANOVICH
  • Patent number: 12554494
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to instructions to reset software thread runtime property histories in a hardware processor are described. In one embodiment, a hardware processor includes a hardware guide scheduler comprising a plurality of software thread runtime property histories; a decoder to decode a single instruction into a decoded single instruction, the single instruction having a field that identifies a model-specific register; and an execution circuit to execute the decoded single instruction to check that an enable bit of the model-specific register is set, and when the enable bit is set, to reset the plurality of software thread runtime property histories of the hardware guide scheduler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Eliezer Weissmann, Mark Charney, Michael Mishaeli, Robert Valentine, Itai Ravid, Jason W. Brandt, Gilbert Neiger, Baruch Chaikin, Efraim Rotem
  • Patent number: 12541365
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for performing instructions to convert to 16-bit floating-point format. In one example, a processor includes fetch circuitry to fetch an instruction having fields to specify an opcode and locations of a first source vector comprising N single-precision elements, and a destination vector comprising at least N 16-bit floating-point elements, the opcode to indicate execution circuitry is to convert each of the elements of the specified source vector to 16-bit floating-point, the conversion to include truncation and rounding, as necessary, and to store each converted element into a corresponding location of the specified destination vector, decode circuitry to decode the fetched instruction, and execution circuitry to respond to the decoded instruction as specified by the opcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander F. Heinecke, Robert Valentine, Mark J. Charney, Raanan Sade, Menachem Adelman, Zeev Sperber, Amit Gradstein, Simon Rubanovich
  • Patent number: 12536020
    Abstract: Embodiments detailed herein relate to matrix operations. In particular, the loading of a matrix (tile) from memory. For example, support for a loading instruction is described in at least a form of decode circuitry to decode an instruction having fields for an opcode, a source matrix operand identifier, and destination memory information, and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to store each data element of configured rows of the identified source matrix operand to memory based on the destination memory information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Valentine, Menachem Adelman, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Bret L. Toll, Milind B. Girkar, Zeev Sperber, Mark J. Charney, Rinat Rappoport, Jesus Corbal, Stanislav Shwartsman, Igor Yanover, Alexander F. Heinecke, Barukh Ziv, Dan Baum, Yuri Gebil, Raanan Sade
  • Publication number: 20260017057
    Abstract: Techniques for scale and reduction of BF16 data elements are described. An exemplary instruction includes fields for an opcode, an identification of a location of a first packed data source operand, an identification of a location of a second packed data source operand, and an identification of a packed data destination operand, wherein the opcode indicates that execution circuitry is to perform, for each data element position of the packed data source operands, a floating point scale operation of a BF16 data element of the first packed data source by multiplying the data element by a power of 2 value, wherein a value of the exponent of the power of 2 value is a floor value of a BF16 data element of the second packed data source, and store a result of the floating point scale operation into a corresponding data element position of the packed data destination operand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Menachem ADELMAN, Alexander HEINECKE, Robert VALENTINE, Zeev SPERBER, Amit GRADSTEIN, Mark CHARNEY, Evangelos GEORGANAS, Dhiraj KALAMKAR, Christopher HUGHES, Cristina ANDERSON
  • Patent number: 12487820
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is a processor including execution circuitry to calculate, in response to a decoded instruction, a result of a complex multiplication of a first complex number and a second complex number. The calculation includes a first operation to calculate a first term of a real component of the result and a first term of the imaginary component of the result. The calculation also includes a second operation to calculate a second term of the real component of the result and a second term of the imaginary component of the result. The processor also includes a decoder, a first source register, and a second source register. The decoder is to decode an instruction to generate the decoded instruction. The first source register is to provide the first complex number and the second source register is to provide the second complex number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Valentine, Mark Charney, Raanan Sade, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Jesus Corbal, Roman S. Dubtsov
  • Publication number: 20250362911
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to computing dot products of nibbles in tile operands. In one example, a processor includes decode circuitry to decode a tile dot product instruction having fields for an opcode, a destination identifier to identify a M by N destination matrix, a first source identifier to identify a M by K first source matrix, and a second source identifier to identify a K by N second source matrix, each of the matrices containing doubleword elements, and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to perform a flow K times for each element (m, n) of the specified destination matrix to generate eight products by multiplying each nibble of a doubleword element (M,K) of the specified first source matrix by a corresponding nibble of a doubleword element (K,N) of the specified second source matrix, and to accumulate and saturate the eight products with previous contents of the doubleword element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander F. HEINECKE, Robert VALENTINE, Mark J. CHARNEY, Raanan SADE, Menachem ADELMAN, Zeev SPERBER, Amit GRADSTEIN, Simon RUBANOVICH
  • Patent number: 12461745
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to systems for performing instructions to quickly convert and use matrices (tiles) as one-dimensional vectors. In one example, a processor includes fetch circuitry to fetch an instruction having fields to specify an opcode, locations of a two-dimensional (2D) matrix and a one-dimensional (1D) vector, and a group of elements comprising one of a row, part of a row, multiple rows, a column, part of a column, multiple columns, and a rectangular sub-tile of the specified 2D matrix, and wherein the opcode is to indicate a move of the specified group between the 2D matrix and the 1D vector, decode circuitry to decode the fetched instruction; and execution circuitry, responsive to the decoded instruction, when the opcode specifies a move from 1D, to move contents of the specified 1D vector to the specified group of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bret Toll, Christopher J. Hughes, Dan Baum, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Raanan Sade, Robert Valentine, Mark J. Charney, Alexander F. Heinecke
  • Patent number: 12423102
    Abstract: Techniques for converting FP16 data elements to BF8 data elements using a single instruction are described. An exemplary apparatus includes decoder circuitry to decode a single instruction, the single instruction to include a one or more fields to identify a source operand, one or more fields to identify a destination operand, and one or more fields for an opcode, the opcode to indicate that execution circuitry is to convert packed half-precision floating-point data from the identified source to packed bfloat8 data and store the packed bfloat8 data into corresponding data element positions of the identified destination operand; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction according to the opcode to convert packed half-precision floating-point data from the identified source to packed bfloat8 data and store the packed bfloat8 data into corresponding data element positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Heinecke, Naveen Mellempudi, Robert Valentine, Mark Charney, Christopher Hughes, Evangelos Georganas, Zeev Sperber, Amit Gradstein, Simon Rubanovich
  • Patent number: 12405770
    Abstract: Embodiments for a matrix transpose and multiply operation are disclosed. In an embodiment, a processor includes a decoder and execution circuitry. The decoder is to decode an instruction having a format including an opcode field to specify an opcode, a first destination operand field to specify a destination matrix location, a first source operand field to specify a first source matrix location, and a second source operand field to specify a second source matrix location. The execution circuitry is to, in response to the decoded instruction, transpose the first source matrix to generate a transposed first source matrix, perform a matrix multiplication using the transposed first source matrix and the second source matrix to generate a result, and store the result in a destination matrix location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Menachem Adelman, Robert Valentine, Barukh Ziv, Amit Gradstein, Simon Rubanovich, Zeev Sperber, Mark J. Charney, Christopher J. Hughes, Alexander F. Heinecke, Evangelos Georganas, Binh Pham
  • Publication number: 20250265081
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to computing dot products of nibbles in tile operands. In one example, a processor includes decode circuitry to decode a tile dot product instruction having fields for an opcode, a destination identifier to identify a M by N destination matrix, a first source identifier to identify a M by K first source matrix, and a second source identifier to identify a K by N second source matrix, each of the matrices containing doubleword elements, and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to perform a flow K times for each element (M,N) of the identified destination matrix to generate eight products by multiplying each nibble of a doubleword element (M,K) of the identified first source matrix by a corresponding nibble of a doubleword element (K,N) of the identified second source matrix, and to accumulate and saturate the eight products with previous contents of the doubleword element (M,N).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Raanan Sade, Simon Rubanovich, Amit Gradstein, Zeev Sperber, Alexander Heinecke, Robert Valentine, Mark J. Charney, Bret Toll, Jesus Corbal, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall
  • Publication number: 20250265085
    Abstract: Embodiments detailed herein relate to systems and methods to load a tile register pair. In one example, a processor includes: decode circuitry to decode a load matrix pair instruction having fields for an opcode and source and destination identifiers to identify source and destination matrices, respectively, each matrix having a PAIR parameter equal to TRUE; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded load matrix pair instruction to load every element of left and right tiles of the identified destination matrix from corresponding element positions of left and right tiles of the identified source matrix, respectively, wherein the executing operates on one row of the identified destination matrix at a time, starting with the first row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Raanan Sade, Simon Rubanovich, Amit Gradstein, Zeev Sperber, Alexander Heinecke, Robert Valentine, Mark J. Charney, Bret Toll, Jesus Corbal, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Menachem Adelman