Uma Shankar Durvasula

Title: Uma Shankar Durvasula and Self-Synchronizing Multimedia Interfaces

Introduction

Uma Shankar Durvasula is an inventor associated with San Jose, California. Her work includes a patent for a self-synchronizing interface designed to coordinate software and hardware in multimedia system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

Latest Patents

Durvasula’s listed patent, “Self-synchronizing hardware/software interface for multimedia SOC design,” describes a way to avoid requiring a CPU and hardware to operate in forced lockstep. The CPU places combined data and control messages in a queue and adds an End tag when its task is complete. Hardware reads and processes the queued data, writes the results back to the queue for software use, and interrupts the CPU upon reaching the End tag. Adjusting the queue depth can help accommodate differences in processing speed between the software and hardware.

The supplied information lists 2 patents for Durvasula and repeats the same patent description, so it does not identify a second distinct patent.

Career Highlights

Durvasula is associated with Mobilic Technology (Cayman) Corp. Her patent work addresses communication and synchronization between software and hardware components, with the aim of reducing the CPU’s need to monitor hardware continuously.

Collaborations

The supplied information names Ching-Han Tsai and Cheng-Lun Chang as Durvasula’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or describe particular collaborative projects.

Conclusion

Uma Shankar Durvasula’s listed invention presents a queue-based approach to coordinating software and hardware in multimedia SoC designs, while the available details also connect her with Mobilic Technology (Cayman) Corp. and fellow workers Ching-Han Tsai and Cheng-Lun Chang.