Patents by Inventor Tukaram Methar

Tukaram Methar 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).

  • Processing of read requests in a memory controller using pre-fetch mechanism
    Patent number: 8489851
    Abstract: A memory controller provided according to an aspect of the present invention includes a predictor block which predicts future read requests after converting the memory address in a prior read request received from the processor to an address space consistent with the implementation of a memory unit. According to another aspect of the present invention, the predicted requests are granted access to a memory unit only when there are no requests pending from processors and the peripherals sending access requests to the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Balajee Vamanan, Tukaram Methar, Mrudula Kanuri, Sreenivas Krishnan
  • PROCESSING OF READ REQUESTS IN A MEMORY CONTROLLER USING PRE-FETCH MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20100153661
    Abstract: A memory controller provided according to an aspect of the present invention includes a predictor block which predicts future read requests after converting the memory address in a prior read request received from the processor to an address space consistent with the implementation of a memory unit. According to another aspect of the present invention, the predicted requests are granted access to a memory unit only when there are no requests pending from processors and the peripherals sending access requests to the memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Balajee Vamanan, Tukaram Methar, Mrudula Kanuri, Sreenivas Krishnan