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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Peter Yan, Frisco, TX (US);
Alan Gatherer, Richardson, TX (US);
Alex Elisa Chandra, Plano, TX (US);
Lee Dobson Mcfearin, Plano, TX (US);
Mark Brown, Little Elm, TX (US);
Debashis Bhattacharya, Plano, TX (US);
Fang Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Xingfeng Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Yan Bei, Shanghai, CN;
Ke Ning, Shenzhen, CN;
Chushun Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
Tong Sun, Allen, TX (US);
Xiaotao Chen, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for inter-process communication are provided. A circuit may have a plurality of clusters, and at least one cluster may have a computation element (CE), a memory operatively coupled with the CE, and an autonomic transport system (ATS) block operatively coupled with the CE and the memory. The ATS block may be configured to perform inter-process communication (IPC) for the at least one cluster. In one embodiment, the ATS block may transfer a message to a different cluster based on a request from the CE. In another embodiment, the ATS block may receive a message by allocating a buffer in the memory and write the message into the buffer. The ATS block may also be configured to manage synchronization and schedule tasks for the CE.