Patents by Inventor Sergio V. Tota

Sergio V. Tota 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: 11941742
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to processor communications fabrics. In some embodiments, a processor includes multiple client circuitry and fabric circuitry that includes at least first and second instances of a tile. The tile may include: client inputs configured to interface with client circuits, tile inputs configured to interface with one or more other tile instances, and communication resources assignable to the client inputs and tile inputs. The communications resources may include: multiple internal links, client outputs configured to interface with client circuits, and tile outputs configured to interface with one or more other tile instances. Control circuitry may, in a given cycle, assign communication resources of a given tile instance to at least a portion of the client inputs and tile inputs for a next cycle, based on priority information. The control circuitry may update priority information based on assignment results over multiple cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam J. Smith, Sergio V. Tota, Christopher G. Martin, Yoong Chert Foo, Terence M. Potter, Max J. Batley
  • Publication number: 20230419585
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to processor communications fabrics. In some embodiments, a processor includes multiple client circuitry and fabric circuitry that includes at least first and second instances of a tile. The tile may include: client inputs configured to interface with client circuits, tile inputs configured to interface with one or more other tile instances, and communication resources assignable to the client inputs and tile inputs. The communications resources may include: multiple internal links, client outputs configured to interface with client circuits, and tile outputs configured to interface with one or more other tile instances. Control circuitry may, in a given cycle, assign communication resources of a given tile instance to at least a portion of the client inputs and tile inputs for a next cycle, based on priority information. The control circuitry may update priority information based on assignment results over multiple cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Adam J. Smith, Sergio V. Tota, Christopher G. Martin, Yoong Chert Foo, Terence M. Potter, Max J. Batley
  • Publication number: 20230350828
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) comprises a semiconductor die on which circuitry is formed, wherein the circuitry comprises a plurality of agents and a plurality of network switches coupled to the plurality of agents. The plurality of network switches are interconnected to form a plurality of physical and logically independent networks. A first network of the plurality of physically and logically independent networks is constructed according to a first topology and a second network of the plurality of physically and logically independent networks is constructed according to a second topology that is different from the first topology. For example, the first topology may a ring topology and the second topology may be a mesh topology. In an embodiment, coherency may be enforced on the first network and the second network may be a relaxed order network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sergio Kolor, Sergio V. Tota, Tzach Zemer, Sagi Lahav, Jonathan M. Redshaw, Per H. Hammarlund, Eran Tamari, James Vash, Gaurav Garg, Lior Zimet, Harshavardhan Kaushikkar, Steven Fishwick, Steven R. Hutsell, Shawn M. Fukami
  • Patent number: 11675722
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) comprises a semiconductor die on which circuitry is formed, wherein the circuitry comprises a plurality of agents and a plurality of network switches coupled to the plurality of agents. The plurality of network switches are interconnected to form a plurality of physical and logically independent networks. A first network of the plurality of physically and logically independent networks is constructed according to a first topology and a second network of the plurality of physically and logically independent networks is constructed according to a second topology that is different from the first topology. For example, the first topology may a ring topology and the second topology may be a mesh topology. In an embodiment, coherency may be enforced on the first network and the second network may be a relaxed order network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Kolor, Sergio V. Tota, Tzach Zemer, Sagi Lahav, Jonathan M. Redshaw, Per H. Hammarlund, Eran Tamari, James Vash, Gaurav Garg, Lior Zimet, Harshavardhan Kaushikkar, Steven Fishwick, Steven R. Hutsell, Shawn M. Fukami
  • Publication number: 20230053530
    Abstract: A system including a plurality of processor cores, a plurality of graphics processing units, a plurality of peripheral circuits, and a plurality of memory controllers is configured to support scaling of the system using a unified memory architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Per H. Hammarlund, Eran Tamari, Lior Zimet, Sergio Kolor, Sergio V. Tota, Sagi Lahav, James Vash, Gaurav Garg, Jonathan M. Redshaw, Steven R. Hutsell, Harshavardhan Kaushikkar, Shawn M. Fukami
  • Publication number: 20220334997
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) comprises a semiconductor die on which circuitry is formed, wherein the circuitry comprises a plurality of agents and a plurality of network switches coupled to the plurality of agents. The plurality of network switches are interconnected to form a plurality of physical and logically independent networks. A first network of the plurality of physically and logically independent networks is constructed according to a first topology and a second network of the plurality of physically and logically independent networks is constructed according to a second topology that is different from the first topology. For example, the first topology may a ring topology and the second topology may be a mesh topology. In an embodiment, coherency may be enforced on the first network and the second network may be a relaxed order network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sergio Kolor, Sergio V. Tota, Tzach Zemer, Sagi Lahav, Jonathan M. Redshaw, Per H. Hammarlund, Eran Tamari, James Vash, Gaurav Garg