US Patent Application 18309192. Multiple Independent On-chip Interconnect simplified abstract
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Multiple Independent On-chip Interconnect
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Inventor(s)
Jonathan M. Redshaw of St. Albans (GB)
Per H. Hammarlund of Sunnyvale CA (US)
Eran Tamari of Herzeliya Pituach (IL)
James Vash of San Ramon CA (US)
Gaurav Garg of Santa Clara CA (US)
Lior Zimet of Kerem Maharal (IL)
Harshavardhan Kaushikkar of Santa Clara CA (US)
Steven Fishwick of St Albans (GB)
Steven R. Hutsell of San Jose CA (US)
Shawn M. Fukami of Newark CA (US)
Multiple Independent On-chip Interconnect - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18309192 titled 'Multiple Independent On-chip Interconnect
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a system on a chip (SOC) that includes a semiconductor die with circuitry formed on it. The circuitry consists of multiple agents and network switches connected to these agents. The network switches are interconnected to create multiple physically and logically independent networks.
- The SOC includes a semiconductor die with circuitry formed on it.
- The circuitry consists of multiple agents and network switches.
- The network switches are interconnected to form multiple physically and logically independent networks.
- The first network is constructed based on a ring topology.
- The second network is constructed based on a mesh topology, which is different from the first topology.
- Coherency is enforced on the first network.
- The second network is a relaxed order network.
Original Abstract Submitted
In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) comprises a semiconductor die on which circuitry is formed, wherein the circuitry comprises a plurality of agents and a plurality of network switches coupled to the plurality of agents. The plurality of network switches are interconnected to form a plurality of physical and logically independent networks. A first network of the plurality of physically and logically independent networks is constructed according to a first topology and a second network of the plurality of physically and logically independent networks is constructed according to a second topology that is different from the first topology. For example, the first topology may a ring topology and the second topology may be a mesh topology. In an embodiment, coherency may be enforced on the first network and the second network may be a relaxed order network.
