Patents by Inventor Sothea Soun

Sothea Soun 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).

  • Low overhead access to shared on-chip hardware accelerator with memory-based interfaces
    Patent number: 7809895
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is contemplated. Access to a hardware accelerator is requested by a user-privileged thread. Access to the hardware accelerator is granted to the user-privileged thread by a higher-privileged thread responsive to the requesting. One or more commands are communicated to the hardware accelerator by the user-privileged thread without intervention by higher-privileged threads and responsive to the grant of access. The one or more commands cause the hardware accelerator to perform one or more tasks. Computer readable media comprises instructions which, when executed, implement portions of the method are also contemplated in various embodiments, as is a hardware accelerator and a processor coupled to the hardware accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Spracklen, Adam R. Talcott, Santosh G. Abraham, Sothea Soun, Sanjay Patel, Farnad Sajjadian
  • Low Overhead Access to Shared On-Chip Hardware Accelerator With Memory-Based Interfaces
    Publication number: 20080222396
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is contemplated. Access to a hardware accelerator is requested by a user-privileged thread. Access to the hardware accelerator is granted to the user-privileged thread by a higher-privileged thread responsive to the requesting. One or more commands are communicated to the hardware accelerator by the user-privileged thread without intervention by higher-privileged threads and responsive to the grant of access. The one or more commands cause the hardware accelerator to perform one or more tasks. Computer readable media comprises instructions which, when executed, implement portions of the method are also contemplated in various embodiments, as is a hardware accelerator and a processor coupled to the hardware accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Spracklen, Adam R. Talcott, Santosh G. Abraham, Sothea Soun, Sanjay Patel, Farnad Sajjadian