Patents by Inventor Simon Weishaupt
Simon Weishaupt 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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Publication number: 20230273810Abstract: Instruction processing is performed for an instruction. The instruction is configured to perform a function, which is to be performed in a plurality of processing phases. A processing phase is defined to store up to a selected amount of data. A determination is made as to whether a store into a designated area occurred based on processing a select processing phase of the function. Based on determining that the store into the designated area occurred, an interrupt is presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Simon Weishaupt, Anthony Saporito, Timothy Slegel
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Patent number: 11734187Abstract: A computer system configured to perform operations for validating memory access patterns of a static variant of a program instruction stream, the operations including randomizing a first set of input arguments, generating an address translation list for virtual addresses based on memory access patterns and storing memory accesses in a first table, and executing the static variant of the program instruction stream on the accelerator processing unit. During execution, the virtual addresses may be discarded and replaced by the addresses provided in the address translation list. The operations may include recording and storing every memory access of executing the static variant of the program instruction stream in a second table and comparing the memory access patterns stored in the second table to memory accesses patterns stored in the first table. Memory access patterns may be validated or discarded.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Holger Horbach, Cedric Lichtenau, Simon Weishaupt, Puja Sethia
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Patent number: 11693692Abstract: Instruction processing is performed for an instruction. The instruction is configured to perform a plurality of functions, in which a function of the plurality of functions is to be performed in a plurality of processing phases. A processing phase is defined to store up to a select amount of data. The select amount of data is based on the function to be performed. At least one function of the plurality of functions has a different value for the select amount of data than at least one other function. A determination is made as to whether a store into a designated area occurred based on processing a select processing phase of a select function. Based on determining that the store into the designated area occurred, an interrupt is presented, and based on determining that the store into the designated area did not occur, instruction processing is continued.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Simon Weishaupt, Anthony Saporito, Timothy Slegel
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Publication number: 20230185725Abstract: A computer system configured to perform operations for validating memory access patterns of a static variant of a program instruction stream, the operations including randomizing a first set of input arguments, generating an address translation list for virtual addresses based on memory access patterns and storing memory accesses in a first table, and executing the static variant of the program instruction stream on the accelerator processing unit. During execution, the virtual addresses may be discarded and replaced by the addresses provided in the address translation list. The operations may include recording and storing every memory access of executing the static variant of the program instruction stream in a second table and comparing the memory access patterns stored in the second table to memory accesses patterns stored in the first table. Memory access patterns may be validated or discarded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Holger Horbach, Cedric Lichtenau, Simon Weishaupt, Puja Sethia
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Patent number: 11675592Abstract: An instruction is executed to perform a query function. The executing includes obtaining information relating to a selected model of a processor. The information includes at least one model-dependent data attribute of the selected model of the processor. The information is placed in a selected location for use by at least one application in performing one or more functions.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Slegel, Laith M. AlBarakat, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Cedric Lichtenau, Simon Weishaupt
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Patent number: 11669331Abstract: A first processor processes an instruction configured to perform a plurality of functions. The plurality of functions includes one or more functions to operate on one or more tensors. A determination is made of a function of the plurality of functions to be performed. The first processor provides to a second processor information related to the function. The second processor is to perform the function. The first processor and the second processor share memory providing memory coherence.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Laith M. AlBarakat, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Timothy Slegel, Cedric Lichtenau, Simon Weishaupt, Anthony Saporito
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RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK CELL ACTIVATION TO PERFORM A PLURALITY OF OPERATIONS IN A SINGLE INVOCATION
Publication number: 20220405552Abstract: An instruction to perform a recurrent neural network cell activation is executed. The executing includes performing a plurality of operations of the recurrent neural network cell activation to provide a result of the recurrent neural network cell activation. The plurality of operations is performed in a single invocation of the instruction. The recurrent neural network cell activation is, for instance, a long short-term memory cell activation or a gated recurrent unit cell activation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Cedric Lichtenau, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Laith M. AlBarakat, Simon Weishaupt -
Publication number: 20220405100Abstract: An instruction is executed to perform a query function. The executing includes obtaining information relating to a selected model of a processor. The information includes at least one model-dependent data attribute of the selected model of the processor. The information is placed in a selected location for use by at least one application in performing one or more functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Timothy Slegel, Laith M. AlBarakat, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Cedric Lichtenau, Simon Weishaupt
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Publication number: 20220405101Abstract: A first processor processes an instruction configured to perform a plurality of functions. The plurality of functions includes one or more functions to operate on one or more tensors. A determination is made of a function of the plurality of functions to be performed. The first processor provides to a second processor information related to the function. The second processor is to perform the function. The first processor and the second processor share memory providing memory coherence.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Laith M. AlBarakat, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Timothy Slegel, Cedric Lichtenau, Simon Weishaupt, Anthony Saporito
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Publication number: 20220405120Abstract: Instruction processing is performed for an instruction. The instruction is configured to perform a plurality of functions, in which a function of the plurality of functions is to be performed in a plurality of processing phases. A processing phase is defined to store up to a select amount of data. The select amount of data is based on the function to be performed. At least one function of the plurality of functions has a different value for the select amount of data than at least one other function. A determination is made as to whether a store into a designated area occurred based on processing a select processing phase of a select function. Based on determining that the store into the designated area occurred, an interrupt is presented, and based on determining that the store into the designated area did not occur, instruction processing is continued.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Simon Weishaupt, Anthony Saporito, Timothy Slegel
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Publication number: 20220405598Abstract: A plurality of tensors is obtained, and the plurality of tensors is reformatted to provide a plurality of reformatted tensors of a select dimension. The reformatting includes adding padding to at least one reformatted tensor of the plurality of reformatted tensors. The plurality of reformatted tensors is concatenated to provide a concatenated tensor. The concatenated tensor is to be used in recurrent neural network processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Cedric Lichtenau, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Laith M. AlBarakat, Simon Weishaupt
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Patent number: 11449367Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving, by a firmware from an originating software, an asynchronous request for an instruction of an algorithm for compression of data. The firmware operates on a first processor and the originating software operates on a second processor. The firmware issues a synchronous request to the first processor to cause the processor to execute the instruction synchronously. It is determined, by the firmware, whether an interrupt is received from the first processor with respect to the first processor executing the instruction. The firmware retries the issuance of the synchronous request each time the interrupt is received until a retry threshold is reached.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Matthias Klein, Simon Weishaupt, Anthony Thomas Sofia, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Mark S. Farrell, Mahmoud Amin, Timothy Slegel
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Patent number: 11314555Abstract: A processor requests that a data transformation operation be performed using another processor, in which the data transformation operation is performed asynchronously. A determination is made that the data transformation operation performed using the other processor has completed unsatisfactorily, and based on the unsatisfactory completion, status relating to performance of the data transformation operation is incomplete. The data transformation operation is then re-executed synchronously using the one processor, and the re-executing provides status information unavailable in performing the data transformation operation asynchronously.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Matthias Klein, Timothy Siegel, Anthony T. Sofia, Simon Weishaupt, Bruce C. Giamei, Louis P. Gomes, Mahmoud Amin
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Patent number: 11294737Abstract: An approach for providing exclusive access to a resource shared by a plurality of processes in a computer system. The approach includes a computer processor retrieving a process identifier for a first process attempting to access the resource, where the process identifier is uniquely assigned to each process of the plurality of processes requiring the resource with the computer system. The approach includes the computer processor using the process identifier for the first process and a mutual exclusion object that includes a lock position allowing exclusive access to the resource and a wait position for a next process to attain the lock position to provide exclusive access to the resource.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Simon Weishaupt, Bernd Nerz, Wolfgang Fischer
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Patent number: 11031951Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a DEFLATE compression accelerator and to a method for verifying the correctness of the DEFLATE compression accelerator. The accelerator includes an input buffer and a Lempel-Ziv 77 (LZ77) compressor communicatively coupled to an output of the input buffer. A switch is communicatively coupled to the output of the input buffer and to the output of the LZ77 compressor. The switch is configured to bypass the LZ77 compressor during a compression test. The accelerator further includes a deflate Huffman encoder communicatively coupled to an output of the switch and an output buffer communicatively coupled to the deflate Huffman encoder. When the switch is not bypassed, the compressor can be modified to produce repeatable results.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Slegel, Mark Farrell, Bruce Giamei, Matthias Klein, Ashutosh Misra, Simon Weishaupt, Girish Gopala Kurup
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Patent number: 10985778Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a DEFLATE compression accelerator and to a method for verifying the correctness of the DEFLATE compression accelerator. The accelerator includes an input buffer and a Lempel-Ziv 77 (LZ77) compressor communicatively coupled to an output of the input buffer. A switch is communicatively coupled to the output of the input buffer and to the output of the LZ77 compressor. The switch is configured to bypass the LZ77 compressor during a compression test. The accelerator further includes a deflate Huffman encoder communicatively coupled to an output of the switch and an output buffer communicatively coupled to the deflate Huffman encoder. When the switch is not bypassed, the compressor can be modified to produce repeatable results.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Siegel, Mark Farrell, Bruce Giamei, Matthias Klein, Ashutosh Misra, Simon Weishaupt, Girish Gopala Kurup
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Patent number: 10944423Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a DEFLATE compression accelerator and to a method for verifying the correctness of the DEFLATE compression accelerator. The accelerator includes an input buffer and a Lempel-Ziv 77 (LZ77) compressor communicatively coupled to an output of the input buffer. A switch is communicatively coupled to the output of the input buffer and to the output of the LZ77 compressor. The switch is configured to bypass the LZ77 compressor during a compression test. The accelerator further includes a deflate Huffman encoder communicatively coupled to an output of the switch and an output buffer communicatively coupled to the deflate Huffman encoder. When the switch is not bypassed, the compressor can be modified to produce repeatable results.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Siegel, Mark Farrell, Bruce Giamei, Matthias Klein, Ashutosh Misra, Simon Weishaupt, Girish Gopala Kurup
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Publication number: 20210064440Abstract: A processor requests that a data transformation operation be performed using another processor, in which the data transformation operation is performed asynchronously. A determination is made that the data transformation operation performed using the other processor has completed unsatisfactorily, and based on the unsatisfactory completion, status relating to performance of the data transformation operation is incomplete. The data transformation operation is then re-executed synchronously using the one processor, and the re-executing provides status information unavailable in performing the data transformation operation asynchronously.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Matthias Klein, Timothy Slegel, Anthony T. Sofia, Simon Weishaupt, Bruce C. Giamei, Louis P. Gomes, Mahmoud Amin
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Publication number: 20200401463Abstract: An approach for providing exclusive access to a resource shared by a plurality of processes in a computer system. The approach includes a computer processor retrieving a process identifier for a first process attempting to access the resource, where the process identifier is uniquely assigned to each process of the plurality of processes requiring the resource with the computer system. The approach includes the computer processor using the process identifier for the first process and a mutual exclusion object that includes a lock position allowing exclusive access to the resource and a wait position for a next process to attain the lock position to provide exclusive access to the resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Simon Weishaupt, Bernd Nerz, Wolfgang Fischer
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Patent number: D929911Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Inventors: Pieter Nuijten, Simon Weishaupt, Brian Kold Mundeling, Ashton Evans