Patents by Inventor Samuel Naffziger

Samuel Naffziger 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: 11960340
    Abstract: A method for controlling a data processing system includes detecting a droop in a power supply voltage of a functional circuit of the data processing system greater than a programmable droop threshold. An operation of the data processing system is throttled according to a programmable step size, a programmable assertion time, and a programmable de-assertion time in response to detecting the droop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Chapman, Stephen Victor Kosonocky, Kaushik Mazumdar, Vydhyanathan Kalyanasundharam, Samuel Naffziger, Eric M. Scott
  • Patent number: 11841803
    Abstract: A chiplet system includes a central processing unit (CPU) communicably coupled to a first GPU chiplet of a GPU chiplet array. The GPU chiplet array includes the first GPU chiplet communicably coupled to the CPU via a bus and a second GPU chiplet communicably coupled to the first GPU chiplet via a passive crosslink. The passive crosslink is a passive interposer die dedicated for inter-chiplet communications and partitions systems-on-a-chip (SoC) functionality into smaller functional chiplet groupings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Skyler J. Saleh, Samuel Naffziger, Milind S. Bhagavat, Rahul Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20230144770
    Abstract: A method for controlling a data processing system includes detecting a droop in a power supply voltage of a functional circuit of the data processing system greater than a programmable droop threshold. An operation of the data processing system is throttled according to a programmable step size, a programmable assertion time, and a programmable de-assertion time in response to detecting the droop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Chapman, Stephen Victor Kosonocky, Kaushik Mazumdar, Vydhyanathan Kalyanasundharam, Samuel Naffziger, Eric M. Scott
  • Patent number: 11462294
    Abstract: The low end operating voltage of an integrated circuit is adjusted. Oscillations are counted at a ring oscillator on the integrated circuit over a designated period of clock cycles. Based on the number of oscillations, a prediction model associated with a first set of device degradation data and a second set of static random-access memory (SRAM) low end operating voltage data is used to select a low end operating voltage limit for a processor on the integrated circuit. The low end operating voltage of the processor is set based on the selected low end operating voltage limit. These steps are repeated multiple times during operation of the processor. A method of testing integrated circuits to provide the data employed to produce the prediction model is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Jain, Sriram Sundaram, Samuel Naffziger
  • Publication number: 20220189576
    Abstract: The low end operating voltage of an integrated circuit is adjusted. Oscillations are counted at a ring oscillator on the integrated circuit over a designated period of clock cycles. Based on the number of oscillations, a prediction model associated with a first set of device degradation data and a second set of static random-access memory (SRAM) low end operating voltage data is used to select a low end operating voltage limit for a processor on the integrated circuit. The low end operating voltage of the processor is set based on the selected low end operating voltage limit. These steps are repeated multiple times during operation of the processor. A method of testing integrated circuits to provide the data employed to produce the prediction model is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Jain, Sriram Sundaram, Samuel Naffziger
  • Publication number: 20220130342
    Abstract: Refreshing displays using on-die cache, including: determining that a static display condition has been met; storing, in cache memory of a processor, first display data; and displaying the first display data from the cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: ASHISH JAIN, DHIRENDRA PARTAP SINGH RANA, SAMUEL NAFFZIGER, GIA TUNG PHAN, BENJAMIN TSIEN
  • Publication number: 20220059425
    Abstract: Various semiconductor chip devices with stacked chips are disclosed. In one aspect, a semiconductor chip device is provided. The semiconductor chip device includes a first semiconductor chip that has a floor plan with a high heat producing area and a low heat producing area. At least one second semiconductor chip is stacked on the low heat producing area. The semiconductor chip device also includes means for transferring heat from the high heat producing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: JOHN WUU, SAMUEL NAFFZIGER, PATRICK J. SHYVERS, MILIND S. BHAGAVAT, KAUSHIK MYSORE, BRETT P. WILKERSON
  • Patent number: 11189540
    Abstract: Various semiconductor chip devices with stacked chips are disclosed. In one aspect, a semiconductor chip device is provided. The semiconductor chip device includes a first semiconductor chip that has a floor plan with a high heat producing area and a low heat producing area. At least one second semiconductor chip is stacked on the low heat producing area. The semiconductor chip device also includes means for transferring heat from the high heat producing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Wuu, Samuel Naffziger, Patrick J. Shyvers, Milind S. Bhagavat, Kaushik Mysore, Brett P. Wilkerson
  • Patent number: 11164807
    Abstract: Various semiconductor chip devices with stacked chips are disclosed. In one aspect, a semiconductor chip device is provided. The semiconductor chip device includes a first semiconductor chip that has a floor plan with a high heat producing area and a low heat producing area. At least one second semiconductor chip is stacked on the low heat producing area. The semiconductor chip device also includes means for transferring heat from the high heat producing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Wuu, Samuel Naffziger, Patrick J. Shyvers, Milind S. Bhagavat, Kaushik Mysore, Brett P. Wilkerson
  • Patent number: 11054883
    Abstract: A power management algorithm framework proposes: 1) a Quality-of-Service (QoS) metric for throughput-based workloads; 2) heuristics to differentiate between throughput and latency sensitive workloads; and 3) an algorithm that combines the heuristic and QoS metric to determine target frequency for minimizing idle time and improving power efficiency without any performance degradation. A management algorithm framework enables optimizing power efficiency in server-class throughput-based workloads while still providing desired performance for latency sensitive workloads. The power savings are achieved by identifying workloads in which one or more cores can be run at a lower frequency (and consequently lower power) without a significant negative performance impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Leonardo De Paula Rosa Piga, Samuel Naffziger, Ivan Matosevic, Indrani Paul
  • Publication number: 20200409859
    Abstract: A chiplet system includes a central processing unit (CPU) communicably coupled to a first GPU chiplet of a GPU chiplet array. The GPU chiplet array includes the first GPU chiplet communicably coupled to the CPU via a bus and a second GPU chiplet communicably coupled to the first GPU chiplet via a passive crosslink. The passive crosslink is a passive interposer die dedicated for inter-chiplet communications and partitions systems-on-a-chip (SoC) functionality into smaller functional chiplet groupings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Skyler J. SALEH, Samuel NAFFZIGER, Milind S. BHAGAVAT, Rahul AGARWAL
  • Patent number: 10644826
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second through-silicon via (TSV) circuits and a steering logic circuit. The first TSV circuit has a first TSV and a first multiplexer for selecting between a first TSV data signal received from the first TSV and a first local data signal for transmission to a first TSV output terminal. The second TSV circuit includes a second TSV and a second multiplexer for selecting between a second TSV data signal received from the second TSV and the first local data signal for transmission to a second TSV output terminal. The steering logic circuit controls the first multiplexer to select the first local data signal and the second multiplexer to select the second TSV data signal in a first mode, and the first multiplexer to select the first TSV data signal and the second multiplexer to select the first local data signal in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wuu, Samuel Naffziger, Michael K. Ciraula, Russell Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20190393124
    Abstract: Various semiconductor chip devices with stacked chips are disclosed. In one aspect, a semiconductor chip device is provided. The semiconductor chip device includes a first semiconductor chip that has a floor plan with a high heat producing area and a low heat producing area. At least one second semiconductor chip is stacked on the low heat producing area. The semiconductor chip device also includes means for transferring heat from the high heat producing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: John Wuu, Samuel Naffziger, Patrick J. Shyvers, Milind S. Bhagavat, Kaushik Mysore, Brett P. Wilkerson
  • Publication number: 20190393123
    Abstract: Various semiconductor chip devices with stacked chips are disclosed. In one aspect, a semiconductor chip device is provided. The semiconductor chip device includes a first semiconductor chip that has a floor plan with a high heat producing area and a low heat producing area. At least one second semiconductor chip is stacked on the low heat producing area. The semiconductor chip device also includes means for transferring heat from the high heat producing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: John Wuu, Samuel Naffziger, Patrick J. Shyvers, Milind S. Bhagavat, Kaushik Mysore, Brett P. Wilkerson
  • Patent number: 10452554
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods of adaptively controlling a cache operating voltage are provided that comprise receiving indications of a plurality of cache usage amounts. Each cache usage amount corresponds to an amount of data to be accessed in a cache by one of a plurality of portions of a data processing application. The plurality of cache usage amounts are determining based on the received indications of the plurality of cache usage amounts. A voltage level applied to the cache is adaptively controlled based on one or more of the plurality of determined cache usage amounts. Memory access to the cache is controlled to be directed to a non-failing portion of the cache at the applied voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Ihab Amer, Khaled Mammou, Haibo Liu, Edward Harold, Fabio Gulino, Samuel Naffziger, Gabor Sines, Lawrence A. Bair, Andy Sung, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10431517
    Abstract: Various semiconductor chip devices with stacked chips are disclosed. In one aspect, a semiconductor chip device is provided. The semiconductor chip device includes a first semiconductor chip that has a floor plan with a high heat producing area and a low heat producing area. At least one second semiconductor chip is stacked on the low heat producing area. The semiconductor chip device also includes means for transferring heat from the high heat producing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wuu, Samuel Naffziger, Patrick J. Shyvers, Milind S. Bhagavat, Kaushik Mysore, Brett P. Wilkerson
  • Publication number: 20190268086
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second through-silicon via (TSV) circuits and a steering logic circuit. The first TSV circuit has a first TSV and a first multiplexer for selecting between a first TSV data signal received from the first TSV and a first local data signal for transmission to a first TSV output terminal. The second TSV circuit includes a second TSV and a second multiplexer for selecting between a second TSV data signal received from the second TSV and the first local data signal for transmission to a second TSV output terminal. The steering logic circuit controls the first multiplexer to select the first local data signal and the second multiplexer to select the second TSV data signal in a first mode, and the first multiplexer to select the first TSV data signal and the second multiplexer to select the first local data signal in a second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wuu, Samuel Naffziger, Michael K. Ciraula, Russell Schreiber
  • Patent number: 10303398
    Abstract: A processing system includes a compute die and a stacked memory stacked with the compute die. The stacked memory includes a first memory die and a second memory die stacked on top of the first memory die. A parallel access using a single memory address is directed towards different memory banks of the first memory die and the second memory die. The single memory address of the parallel access is swizzled to access the first memory die and the second memory die at different physical locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wuu, Michael K. Ciraula, Russell Schreiber, Samuel Naffziger
  • Publication number: 20190129651
    Abstract: A processing system includes a compute die and a stacked memory stacked with the compute die. The stacked memory includes a first memory die and a second memory die stacked on top of the first memory die. A parallel access using a single memory address is directed towards different memory banks of the first memory die and the second memory die. The single memory address of the parallel access is swizzled to access the first memory die and the second memory die at different physical locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: John WUU, Michael K. CIRAULA, Russell SCHREIBER, Samuel NAFFZIGER
  • Publication number: 20190067152
    Abstract: Various semiconductor chip devices with stacked chips are disclosed. In one aspect, a semiconductor chip device is provided. The semiconductor chip device includes a first semiconductor chip that has a floor plan with a high heat producing area and a low heat producing area. At least one second semiconductor chip is stacked on the low heat producing area. The semiconductor chip device also includes means for transferring heat from the high heat producing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: John Wuu, Samuel Naffziger, Patrick J. Shyvers, Milind S. Bhagavat, Kaushik Mysore, Brett P. Wilkerson