US Patent Application 18175364. HARDWARE EVENT TRIGGERED PIPELINE CONTROL simplified abstract
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HARDWARE EVENT TRIGGERED PIPELINE CONTROL
Organization Name
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor(s)
Rajasekhar Allu of Plano TX (US)
Pandy Kalimuthu of Plano TX (US)
HARDWARE EVENT TRIGGERED PIPELINE CONTROL - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18175364 titled 'HARDWARE EVENT TRIGGERED PIPELINE CONTROL
Simplified Explanation
- The patent application is about hardware enabled pipeline control in a hardware acceleration system. - The system includes pipelines with a hardware enable flag that allows hardware initiation of the pipeline based on a configurable event. - The pipeline can be configured to set the event that triggers the initiation of the pipeline. - This means that a second pipeline can be initiated automatically when the first pipeline reaches its end. - By allowing hardware enable based on a specifically configured event, the system avoids the extra processing required to initiate the pipeline via software in external memory and triggered by an external controller.
Original Abstract Submitted
Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to hardware enabled pipeline control. In a hardware acceleration system, pipelines are configured to include a hardware enable flag that allows hardware initiation of the pipeline based on triggering of a configurable event. The pipeline can be configured to set the event that triggers the initiation of the pipeline. For example, the end of pipeline of a first pipeline may trigger the initiation of a second pipeline. Accordingly, pipelines that are configured to allow hardware enable based on a specifically configured event are not subject to the extra processing required to initiate the pipeline via software in external memory and triggered by an external controller.
