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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Chad McBride, North Bend, WA (US);
Jeffrey Bradford, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven Wheeler, North Bend, WA (US);
Christopher Johnson, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Boris Bobrov, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andras Tantos, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1642 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Hardware accelerated synchronization of data movement across multiple direct memory access (DMA) engines is provided using techniques in which the order of descriptor processing is guaranteed for scenarios involving a single CPU and multiple DMA engines as well as those involving multiple CPUs and multiple DMA engines.