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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
James Shau, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeremy L. Branscome, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Krishnan Meiyyappan, Fremont, CA (US);
Hung Viet Tran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alan Lee Beck, Campbell, CA (US);
Robert Hou, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Paul Corwin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph Irawan Chamdani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James Shau, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeremy L. Branscome, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Krishnan Meiyyappan, Fremont, CA (US);
Hung Viet Tran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alan Lee Beck, Campbell, CA (US);
Robert Hou, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Paul Corwin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph Irawan Chamdani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Teradata US, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a hardware accelerator that assists a host database system in processing its queries. The hardware accelerator comprises special purpose processing elements that are capable of receiving database query/operation tasks in the form of machine code database instructions, execute them in hardware without software, and return the query/operation result back to the host system.