18989970. Tiled Processor Communication Fabric (Apple Inc.)

Tiled Processor Communication Fabric

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Adam J. Smith of St Albans GB

Sergio V. Tota of London GB

Christopher G. Martin of Leighton Buzzard GB

Yoong Chert Foo of Greater London GB

Terence M. Potter of Austin TX US

Max J. Batley of London GB

Tiled Processor Communication Fabric

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18989970 titled 'Tiled Processor Communication Fabric

Original Abstract Submitted

Techniques are disclosed relating to processor communications fabrics. In some embodiments, a processor includes multiple client circuitry and fabric circuitry that includes at least first and second instances of a tile. The tile may include: client inputs configured to interface with client circuits, tile inputs configured to interface with one or more other tile instances, and communication resources that include internal links and outputs. The communication resources may be assignable to the client inputs and output and may include resources to satisfy all requests, in a given cycle, from one or more non-stallable channels supported by the apparatus. The communication resources may also include additional resources allocable, in a given cycle, to one or more stallable channels supported by the apparatus. Control circuitry may, in a given cycle, assign communication resources of a given tile instance to at least a portion of the client inputs and tile inputs for a next cycle, based on priority information. The control circuitry may update priority information based on assignment results.