Patents by Inventor Rodolfo Pellizzoni

Rodolfo Pellizzoni 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).

  • Scratchpad-based operating system for multi-core embedded systems
    Patent number: 10846251
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve determining that a first logical partition of a scratchpad memory coupled to a processor core is empty and a first application is scheduled to execute; instructing a direct memory access (DMA) engine to load the first application into the first logical partition and then instructing the processor core to execute the first application from the first logical partition; while the first application is being executed from the first logical partition, determining that a second logical partition of the scratchpad memory is empty and a second application is scheduled to execute; instructing the DMA engine to load the second application into the second logical partition; determining that execution of the first application has completed; and instructing the DMA engine to unload the first application from the first logical partition and instructing the processor core to execute the second application from the second logical partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Marco Caccamo, Rodolfo Pellizzoni, Renato Mancuso, Rohan Tabish, Saud Wasly
  • Scratchpad-based operating system for multi-core embedded systems
    Patent number: 10649914
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve determining that a first logical partition of a scratchpad memory coupled to a processor core is empty and a first application is scheduled to execute; instructing a direct memory access (DMA) engine to load the first application into the first logical partition and then instructing the processor core to execute the first application from the first logical partition; while the first application is being executed from the first logical partition, determining that a second logical partition of the scratchpad memory is empty and a second application is scheduled to execute; instructing the DMA engine to load the second application into the second logical partition; determining that execution of the first application has completed; and instructing the DMA engine to unload the first application from the first logical partition and instructing the processor core to execute the second application from the second logical partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Marco Caccamo, Rodolfo Pellizzoni, Renato Mancuso, Rohan Tabish, Saud Wasly