United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Mark Herron Linderman

Qing Wu

Dennis Fitzgerald

Richard W Linderman

Erick A Schlueter

An apparatus for a microprocessor computer system and method for configuring the same where said microprocessor computer system comprises a processor core and at least one hardware buffer FIFO with memory-mapped head and tail that handles data movement among the processor cores, networks, raw data input and outputs, and memory. The method for configuring said microprocessor computer system comprises utilizing a FIFO auxiliary processor to process said data traversing said hardware FIFO; utilizing said hardware FIFOs to efficiently pipe data through functional blocks; and utilizing a FIFO controller to perform DMA operations that include non-unit-stride access patterns and transfers among processor cores, networks, raw data input and outputs, memory, and other memory-mapped hardware FIFOs.

Systems and methods for mapping hardware FIFO to processor address space

Systems and method for mapping FIFOs to processor address space

A device has a host port, a remote terminal (RT), an incoming line driver, an outgoing line driver, and at least one of an incoming message filter and an outgoing message filter. The host port communicatively couples to a shared host bus. The RT port communicatively couples to the RT. The incoming message filter receives an incoming host message from the host port and generates a filtered host message from the incoming host message employing at least one host message rule. The outgoing message filter receives an outgoing RT message from the RT port and generates a filtered RT message from the outgoing RT message employing at least one RT message rule. The incoming line driver communicates the filtered host message to the RT port. The outgoing line driver communicates the filtered RT message to the host port.

Data transfer filter

A single Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designed to acquire data from a multiplicity of heterogeneous sources and convert the data to a high performance protocol suitable for transmission over long distances via fiber optic lines. A specific embodiment uses the Fiber Channel protocol on fiber optic cables to carry information between sensors and high performance computers (HPC). The High Performance Parallel Interface (HiPPI) is used as the protocol to connect to the HPC. Simplex (unidirectional) and full duplex communications are supported.

Data transfer interfacing

A method and system for power management of components within a system by introducing low-level instructions, such as NOPS, delay loops, and sleep modes, into the instruction sequences within logical components of the system, thereby allowing the system to maintain desirable power dissipation over a given time interval. Through employment of a control mechanism, a system can interrupt itself periodically to determine if the power dissipation must be limited and to what extent. A system can determine if and by how much it must limit its power by polling external components. The method may be implemented by a controller that intelligently manages power dissipation of components through selective manipulation of computer operations by selected components. Controll of power dissipation for the selected components is intelligently based on overall system performance requirements. Furthermore, a plurality of sensors can measure power dissipation of a plurality of components in the system and cause the controller to selectively manipulate those components that require power management. In a proactive approach, power dissipation for the plurality of managed components can be controlled based on known power characteristics for the selected components without necessarily monitoring the power dissipation of the system through sensors. In a reactive approach, a plurality of sensors that measure power dissipation in the system can cause the controller to selectively manipulate components requiring power management. The system can employ a combination of proactive and reactive approaches to power management.

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Rome, NY, United States of America

Mark Herron Linderman