Patents by Inventor Scott Dion Rodgers
Scott Dion Rodgers 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).
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Patent number: 11615031Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing different page tables for different privilege levels. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a first control register to store a first base address associated with program code executed at a first privilege level; a second control register to store a second base address associated with program code executed at a second privilege level lower than the first privilege level; and address translation circuitry to identify a first base translation table using the first base address responsive to a first address translation request originating from the program code executed at the first privilege level and to identify a second base translation table using the second base address responsive to a second address translation request originating from the program code executed at the second privilege level.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Scott Dion Rodgers, Robert S. Chappell, Barry E. Huntley
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Publication number: 20220091995Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing different page tables for different privilege levels. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a first control register to store a first base address associated with program code executed at a first privilege level; a second control register to store a second base address associated with program code executed at a second privilege level lower than the first privilege level; and address translation circuitry to identify a first base translation table using the first base address responsive to a first address translation request originating from the program code executed at the first privilege level and to identify a second base translation table using the second base address responsive to a second address translation request originating from the program code executed at the second privilege level.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Scott Dion RODGERS, Robert S. CHAPPELL, Barry E. HUNTLEY
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Patent number: 11144472Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing different page tables for different privilege levels. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a first control register to store a first base address associated with program code executed at a first privilege level; a second control register to store a second base address associated with program code executed at a second privilege level lower than the first privilege level; and address translation circuitry to identify a first base translation table using the first base address responsive to a first address translation request originating from the program code executed at the first privilege level and to identify a second base translation table using the second base address responsive to a second address translation request originating from the program code executed at the second privilege level.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Scott Dion Rodgers, Robert S. Chappell, Barry E. Huntley
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Publication number: 20200310978Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing different page tables for different privilege levels. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a first control register to store a first base address associated with program code executed at a first privilege level; a second control register to store a second base address associated with program code executed at a second privilege level lower than the first privilege level; and address translation circuitry to identify a first base translation table using the first base address responsive to a first address translation request originating from the program code executed at the first privilege level and to identify a second base translation table using the second base address responsive to a second address translation request originating from the program code executed at the second privilege level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: SCOTT DION RODGERS, ROBERT S. CHAPPELL, BARRY E. HUNTLEY
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Patent number: 10747682Abstract: A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Steven M. Bennett, Andrew V. Anderson, Gilbert Neiger, Richard Uhlig, Scott Dion Rodgers, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Camron Rust, Sebastian Schoenberg
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Patent number: 10452403Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes managing user-level threads on a first instruction sequencer in response to executing user-level instructions on a second instruction sequencer that is under control of an application level program. A first user-level thread is run on the second instruction sequencer and contains one or more user level instructions. A first user level instruction has at least 1) a field that makes reference to one or more instruction sequencers or 2) implicitly references with a pointer to code that specifically addresses one or more instruction sequencers when the code is executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Hong Wang, John P. Shen, Edward T. Grochowski, Richard A. Hankins, Gautham N. Chinya, Bryant E. Bigbee, Shivnandan D. Kaushik, Xiang Chris Zou, Per Hammarlund, Scott Dion Rodgers, Xinmin Tian, Anil Aggawal, Prashant Sethi, Baiju V. Patel, James P Held
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Patent number: 10180911Abstract: A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Steven M. Bennett, Andrew V. Anderson, Gilbert Neiger, Richard Uhlig, Scott Dion Rodgers, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Camron Rust, Sebastian Schoenberg
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Publication number: 20180196758Abstract: A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Steven M. Bennett, Andrew V. Anderson, Gilbert Neiger, Richard Uhlig, Scott Dion Rodgers, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Camron Rust, Sebastian Schoenberg
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Publication number: 20180196759Abstract: A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Steven M. Bennett, Andrew V. Anderson, Gilbert Neiger, Richard Uhlig, Scott Dion Rodgers, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Camron Rust, Sebastian Schoenberg
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Patent number: 9990206Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes managing user-level threads on a first instruction sequencer in response to executing user-level instructions on a second instruction sequencer that is under control of an application level program. A first user-level thread is run on the second instruction sequencer and contains one or more user level instructions. A first user level instruction has at least 1) a field that makes reference to one or more instruction sequencers or 2) implicitly references with a pointer to code that specifically addresses one or more instruction sequencers when the code is executed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hong Wang, John Shen, Edward Grochowski, Richard Hankins, Gautham Chinya, Bryant Bigbee, Shivnandan Kaushik, Xiang Chris Zou, Per Hammarlund, Scott Dion Rodgers, Xinmin Tian, Anil Aggawal, Prashant Sethi, Baiju Patel, James Held
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Publication number: 20180060247Abstract: A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Steven M. Bennett, Andrew V. Anderson, Gilbert Neiger, Richard Uhlig, Scott Dion Rodgers, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Camron Rust, Sebastian Schoenberg
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Publication number: 20180004946Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor configured to: detect a first control transfer operation; determine that a destination of the first control transfer operation is within code stored in execute-only memory; generate a fault if the destination of the first control transfer operation is an invalid entry point into the code stored in execute-only memory; detect a second control transfer operation while executing the code stored in execute-only memory; and abort execution of the code stored in execute-only memory if the second control transfer operation is detected at an invalid exit point in the code.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Michael LeMay, Ravi L. Sahita, David M. Durham, Scott Dion Rodgers, Vedvyas Shanbhogue
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Patent number: 9720697Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes managing user-level threads on a first instruction sequencer in response to executing user-level instructions on a second instruction sequencer that is under control of an application level program. A first user-level thread is run on the second instruction sequencer and contains one or more user level instructions. A first user level instruction has at least 1) a field that makes reference to one or more instruction sequencers or 2) implicitly references with a pointer to code that specifically addresses one or more instruction sequencers when the code is executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hong Wang, John Shen, Ed Grochowski, James Paul Held, Bryant Bigbee, Shivnandan D. Kaushik, Gautham Chinya, Xiang Zou, Per Hammarlund, Xinmin Tian, Anil Aggarwal, Scott Dion Rodgers, Prashant Sethi, Baiju V. Patel, Richard Andrew Hankins
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Patent number: 9678890Abstract: A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Steven M. Bennett, Andrew V. Anderson, Gilbert Neiger, Richard A Uhlig, Scott Dion Rodgers, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Camron Rust, Sebastian Schoenberg
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Publication number: 20170010895Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes managing user-level threads on a first instruction sequencer in response to executing user-level instructions on a second instruction sequencer that is under control of an application level program. A first user-level thread is run on the second instruction sequencer and contains one or more user level instructions. A first user level instruction has at least 1) a field that makes reference to one or more instruction sequencers or 2) implicitly references with a pointer to code that specifically addresses one or more instruction sequencers when the code is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Hong Wang, John P. Shen, Edward T. Grochowski, Richard A. Hankins, Gautham N. Chinya, Bryant E. Bigbee, Shivnandan D. Kaushik, Xiang Chris Zou, Per Hammarlund, Scott Dion Rodgers, Xinmin Tian, Anil Aggarwal, Prashant Sethi, Baiju V. Patel, James P. Held
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Patent number: 9535838Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jasmin Ajanovic, Mahesh Wagh, Prashant Sethi, Debendra Das Sharma, David J. Harriman, Mark B. Rosenbluth, Ajay V. Bhatt, Peter Barry, Scott Dion Rodgers, Anil Vasudevan, Sridhar Muthrasanallur, James Akiyama, Robert G. Blankenship, Ohad Falik, Avi Mendelson, Ilan Pardo, Eran Tamari, Eliezer Weissmann, Doron Shamia
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Patent number: 9442855Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jasmin Ajanovic, Mahesh Wagh, Prashant Sethi, Debendra Das Sharma, David J. Harriman, Mark B. Rosenbluth, Ajay V. Bhatt, Peter Barry, Scott Dion Rodgers, Anil Vasudevan, Sridhar Muthrasanallur, James Akiyama, Robert G. Blankenship, Ohad Falik, Avi Mendelson, Ilan Pardo, Eran Tamari, Eliezer Weissmann, Doron Shamia
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Patent number: 9430384Abstract: Instructions and logic provide advanced paging capabilities for secure enclave page caches. Embodiments include multiple hardware threads or processing cores, a cache to store secure data for a shared page address allocated to a secure enclave accessible by the hardware threads. A decode stage decodes a first instruction specifying said shared page address as an operand, and execution units mark an entry corresponding to an enclave page cache mapping for the shared page address to block creation of a new translation for either of said first or second hardware threads to access the shared page. A second instruction is decoded for execution, the second instruction specifying said secure enclave as an operand, and execution units record hardware threads currently accessing secure data in the enclave page cache corresponding to the secure enclave, and decrement the recorded number of hardware threads when any of the hardware threads exits the secure enclave.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Carlos V Rozas, Ilya Alexandrovich, Ittai Anati, Alex Berenzon, Michael A Goldsmith, Barry E Huntley, Anton Ivanov, Simon P Johnson, Rebekah M. Leslie-Hurd, Francis X. McKeen, Gilbert Neiger, Rinat Rappoport, Scott Dion Rodgers, Uday R. Savagaonkar, Vincent R. Scarlata, Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Wesley H Smith, William Colin Wood
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Patent number: 9372807Abstract: A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Steven M. Bennett, Andrew V. Anderson, Gilbert Neiger, Richard Uhlig, Scott Dion Rodgers, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Camron Rust, Sebastian Schoenberg
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Patent number: 9372806Abstract: A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Steven M. Bennett, Andrew V. Anderson, Gilbert Neiger, Richard A Uhlig, Scott Dion Rodgers, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Camron Rust, Sebastian Schoenberg