Patents by Inventor Vijay S. Ramesh

Vijay S. Ramesh 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: 11709673
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to bit string operations in memory are described. The bit string operations may be performed within a memory array without transferring the bit strings or intermediate results of the operations to circuitry external to the memory array. For instance, sensing circuitry that can include a sense amplifier and a compute component can be coupled to a memory array. A controller can be coupled to the sensing circuitry and can be configured to cause one or more bit strings that are formatted according to a universal number format or a posit format to be transferred from the memory array to the sensing circuitry. The sensing circuitry can perform an arithmetic operation, a logical operation, or both using the one or more bit strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Vijay S. Ramesh
  • Patent number: 11698862
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to three tiered hierarchical memory systems are described herein. A three tiered hierarchical memory system can leverage persistent memory to store data that is generally stored in a non-persistent memory, thereby increasing an amount of storage space allocated to a computing system at a lower cost than approaches that rely solely on non-persistent memory. An example apparatus may include a persistent memory, and one or more non-persistent memories configured to map an address associated with an input/output (I/O) device to an address in logic circuitry prior to the apparatus receiving a request from the I/O device to access data stored in the persistent memory, and map the address associated with the I/O device to an address in a non-persistent memory subsequent to the apparatus receiving the request and accessing the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Anton Korzh, Richard C. Murphy, Scott Matthew Stephens
  • Patent number: 11650843
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hierarchical memory systems are described. A hierarchical memory system can leverage persistent memory to store data that is generally stored in a non-persistent memory, thereby increasing an amount of storage space allocated to a computing system at a lower cost than approaches that rely solely on non-persistent memory. An example method includes receiving an interrupt message by a hypervisor, the interrupt message generated by a hierarchical memory component responsive to receiving a read request initiated by an input/output (I/O) device, gathering, by the hypervisor, address register access information from the hierarchical memory component, and determining, by the hypervisor, a physical location of data associated with the read request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Korzh, Vijay S. Ramesh, Richard C. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11636323
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a neuron built with posits are described. An example system may include a memory device and the memory device may include a plurality of memory cells. The plurality of memory cells can store data including a bit string in an analog format. A neuromorphic operation can be performed on the data in the analog format. The example system may include an analog to digital converter coupled to the memory device. The analog to digital converter may convert the bit string in the analog format stored in at least one of the plurality of memory cells to a format that supports arithmetic operations to a particular level of precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Richard C. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11625591
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to an extended memory neuromorphic component for performing operations in memory are described. An example apparatus can include a plurality of computing devices. Each of the computing devices can include a processing unit and a memory array. The example apparatus can further include a communication subsystem coupled to the at least one of the plurality of computing devices and to a neuromorphic component. At least one of the plurality of computing devices can receive a request from a host to perform an operation, receive an indication of data to be access in a memory device to perform the operation, and send an indication to the neuromorphic component to monitor the data to be accessed. The neuromorphic component can intercept data and determine that a portion of the data should be flagged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Allan Porterfield
  • Patent number: 11614894
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hierarchical memory systems are described. A hierarchical memory system can leverage persistent memory to store data that is generally stored in a non-persistent memory, thereby increasing an amount of storage space allocated to a computing system at a lower cost than approaches that rely solely on non-persistent memory. In an example apparatus, an input/output (I/O) device can receive signaling that includes a command to write to or read data from an address corresponding to a non-persistent memory device, and can determine where to redirect the request. For example, the I/O device can determine to write or read data to and/or from the non-persistent memory device or the persistent memory device based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Korzh, Vijay S. Ramesh, Richard C. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11609852
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to hierarchical memory are described. A hierarchical memory system that can leverage persistent memory to store data that is generally stored in a non-persistent memory. Logic circuitry can be configured to determine that a request to access a persistent memory device corresponds to an operation to divert data from the non-persistent memory device to the persistent memory device, generate an interrupt signal, and cause the interrupt signal to be asserted on a host coupleable to the logic circuitry as part of the operation to divert data from the non-persistent memory device to the persistent memory device. Access data and control messages can be transferred between or within a memory device, including to or from a multiplexer and/or a state machine. A state machine can include logic circuitry configured to transfer interrupt request messages to and receive interrupt request messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Anton Korzh, Richard C. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20230072589
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hierarchical memory systems are described. An example method includes receiving a request to store data in a persistent memory device and a non-persistent memory device via an input/output (I/O) device; redirecting the request to store the data to logic circuitry in response to determining that the request corresponds to performance of a hierarchical memory operation; storing in a base address register associated with the logic circuitry, logical address information corresponding to the data responsive to receipt of the redirected request; asserting, by the logic circuitry, an interrupt signal on a hypervisor, the interrupt signal indicative of initiation of an operation to be performed by the hypervisor to control access to the data by the logic circuitry; and writing, based at least in part, on receipt of the redirected request, the data to the persistent memory device and the non-persistent memory device substantially concurrently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Vijay S. Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20230054862
    Abstract: A method for blood flow imaging can include receiving, by a processor coupled to a first memory device comprising a first type of media and a second memory device comprising a second type of media, an indication corresponding to initiation of an application and data captured by an imaging device coupled to the processor. The method can include determining characteristics of a workload corresponding to execution of the application to process the data captured by the imaging device for the first memory device and the second memory device and writing the data captured by the imaging device to the first memory device or the second memory device based on determined characteristics for the first memory device and the second memory device in executing the workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Vijay S. Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20230055349
    Abstract: Memory access control, as described herein, can leverage persistent memory to store data that is generally stored in a non-persistent memory. An example method for memory access control can include receiving, by control circuitry resident on a memory device, a memory access request targeting an address of a volatile (e.g., non-persistent) memory component of the memory device and determining characteristics of data associated with the targeted address. The method can further include accessing data at the targeted address of the volatile memory component in response to determining that the characteristics of the data meet a first criterion and accessing data at another address of a non-volatile memory component in response to determining that the characteristics of the data meet a second criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Allan Porterfield
  • Publication number: 20230056834
    Abstract: A method for navigational assistance for the visually impaired can include determining that an image captured by an imaging device contains an unknown object and determining that the unknown object is not resolvable within a threshold period of time. The method can further include performing an operation to reallocate computing resources between memory devices couplable to the imagining device in response to determining that the unknown object is not resolvable within the threshold period of time. Data corresponding to the unknown object can be written to the reallocated computing resources and an operation involving the data corresponding to the unknown object can be performed to resolve the unknown object using the reallocated computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Vijay S. Ramesh
  • Patent number: 11586355
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a selectively operable memory device are described. An example method corresponding to a selectively operable memory device can include receiving, by a resistance variable memory device, a command to operate the resistance variable memory device in a first mode or a second mode and operating the resistance variable memory device in the first mode or the second mode based, at least in part, on the received command to perform, in the first mode, a read operation or a write operation, or both, or, in the second mode, a compute operation. The method can further include performing, using a processing unit resident on the resistance variable memory device, the compute operation, the testing operation, or both based, at least in part, on a determination that the resistance variable memory device is operating in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Allan Porterfield
  • Patent number: 11586556
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hierarchical memory systems are described. A hierarchical memory system can leverage persistent memory to store data that is generally stored in a non-persistent memory, thereby increasing an amount of storage space allocated to a computing system at a lower cost than approaches that rely solely on non-persistent memory. An example method includes receiving a request to access data via an input/output (I/O) device, determining whether the data is stored in a non-persistent memory device or a persistent memory device, and redirecting the request to access the data to logic circuitry in response to determining that the data is stored in the persistent memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Korzh, Vijay S. Ramesh, Richard C. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11579882
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to extended memory operations are described. Extended memory operations can include operations specified by a single address and operand and may be performed by a computing device that includes a processing unit and a memory resource. The computing device can perform extended memory operations on data streamed through the computing tile without receipt of intervening commands. In an example, a computing device is configured to receive a command to perform an operation that comprises performing an operation on a data with the processing unit of the computing device and determine that an operand corresponding to the operation is stored in the memory resource. The computing device can further perform the operation using the operand stored in the memory resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Murphy, Glen E. Hush, Vijay S. Ramesh, Allan Porterfield, Anton Korzh
  • Patent number: 11579843
    Abstract: Methods, Systems, and apparatuses related to performing bit string accumulation within a compute or memory device are described. A logic circuit with processing capability and a register within or near memory, for example, can perform multiple iterations of a recursive operation using several bit strings. Results of the various iterations may be written to the register, and subsequent iterations of the recursive operation using the bit strings may be performed. Results of the iterations of recursive operations may be accumulated within the register. Accumulated results may be written as data to another register or to memory that is external to or separate from the logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Vijay S. Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20230025291
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to extended memory communication subsystems for performing extended memory operations are described. An example apparatus can include a plurality of computing devices. Each of the computing devices can include a processing unit configured to perform an operation on a block of data, and a memory array configured as a cache for each respective processing unit. The example apparatus can further include a first communication subsystem coupled to a host and to each of the plurality of communication subsystems. The example apparatus can further include a plurality of second communication subsystems coupled to each of the plurality of computing devices. Each of the plurality of computing devices can be configured to receive a request from the host, send a command to execute at least a portion of the operation, and receive a result of performing the operation from the at least one hardware accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Allan Porterfield, Richard D. Maes
  • Patent number: 11548473
    Abstract: An apparatus for vehicle operator authentication operations can include multiple memory devices coupled to a processor. The processor can perform an authentication operation using determined driving patterns associated with an authorized operator of a vehicle in which the apparatus is deployed and information received from a global positioning satellite and a base station to determine whether a current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle and determine whether the vehicle has experienced a vehicle event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Vijay S. Ramesh
  • Patent number: 11537525
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods corresponding to hierarchical memory systems are described. Logic circuitry can be resident on a persistent memory device, thereby reducing latencies associated with transferring data between the logic circuitry and the persistent memory device. Logic circuitry on a persistent memory device may include an address register configured to store logical addresses corresponding to stored data. The logic circuitry may receive a redirected request (e.g., prior to redirection, directed to a non-persistent memory device) to retrieve a portion of the data stored in the persistent memory device, determine, in response to receipt of the request to retrieve the portion of the stored data, a physical address corresponding to the portion of the data based on the logical address stored in the address register, and cause the data to be retrieved from the persistent memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Korzh, Vijay S. Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20220382545
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to acceleration circuitry for posit operations are described. Signaling indicative of performance of an operation to write a first bit string to a first buffer resident on acceleration circuitry and a second bit string resident on the acceleration circuitry can be received at an DMA controller couplable to the acceleration circuitry. The acceleration circuitry can be configured to perform arithmetic operations, logical operations, or both on bit strings formatted in a unum or posit format. Signaling indicative of an arithmetic operation, a logical operation, or both, to be performed using the first and second bit strings can be transmitted to the acceleration circuitry. The arithmetic operation, the logical operation, or both can be performed via the acceleration circuitry and according to the signaling. Signaling indicative of a result of the arithmetic operation, the logical operation, or both can be transmitting to the DMA controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Phillip G. Hays, Craig M. Cutler, Andrew J. Rees
  • Patent number: 11513969
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hierarchical memory systems are described. An example method includes receiving a request to store data in a persistent memory device and a non-persistent memory device via an input/output (I/O) device; redirecting the request to store the data to logic circuitry in response to determining that the request corresponds to performance of a hierarchical memory operation; storing in a base address register associated with the logic circuitry, logical address information corresponding to the data responsive to receipt of the redirected request; asserting, by the logic circuitry, an interrupt signal on a hypervisor, the interrupt signal indicative of initiation of an operation to be performed by the hypervisor to control access to the data by the logic circuitry; and writing, based at least in part, on receipt of the redirected request, the data to the persistent memory device and the non-persistent memory device substantially concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Vijay S. Ramesh