Patents by Inventor Vicki Tsai

Vicki Tsai 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).

  • Constraints-directed compilation for heterogeneous reconfigurable architectures
    Publication number: 20050229140
    Abstract: Compilation of a design description for a heterogeneous reconfigurable architecture is influenced by user-specified constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Vicki Tsai, Hooman Honary, Ernest Tsui
  • Block-based processing in a packet-based reconfigurable architecture
    Publication number: 20050229139
    Abstract: A configurable circuit including a heterogeneous mix of processing elements is programmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Vicki Tsai, Inching Chen
  • Methods and apparatus for reconfiguring packets to have varying sizes and latencies
    Publication number: 20050220093
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a processing element (PE) includes a data router adaptor (DRA) and one or more elements that produce function packets. When the DRA receives a function packet, it generates a set of associated router packets. Each of the associated router packets includes a segment of the function packet, and has a router packet data length that is less than or equal to the function packet length. In one embodiment, the router packet data lengths are included in a table, and can be re-configured to alter system performance parameters (e.g., bandwidth usage and/or latency). The DRA sends the set of associated router packets to a router for delivery through a packet-based network. A destination DRA receives the set of associated router packets, and generates a re-assembled function packet from the set of associated router packets. The destination DRA sends the re-assembled function packet to a destination element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Inching Chen, Vicki Tsai
  • Method and system for programming a reconfigurable processing element
    Publication number: 20050223369
    Abstract: A programming tool parses and converts instructions for use in a reconfigurable processing element, such as a filter micro-coded accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Chun, Vicki Tsai, Walter Snyder, Siva Simanapalli
  • Programming reconfigurable packetized networks
    Publication number: 20050149890
    Abstract: A configurable circuit including a heterogeneous mix of processing elements is programmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Vicki Tsai, Ernest Tsui
  • Reconfigurable Viterbi/turbo decoder
    Publication number: 20050034051
    Abstract: A reconfigurable decoder is capable of performing both Viterbi decoding and turbo decoding. The reconfigurable decoder may be repeatedly reconfigured to work with any of a number of different convolutional or turbo coding schemes. In at least one embodiment, the reconfigurable decoder is capable of automatically reconfiguring itself based on a present signal environment about a communication device carrying the decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Anthony Chun, Inching Chen, Vicki Tsai