Universal offloading engine
US10185678B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4282
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for offloading functionality in an integrated circuit are presented. Certain embodiments are described that disclose methods pertaining to implementation of a universal offload engine that can service several functional blocks, each configured to perform a different function. The offload engine can be iteratively implemented with a common interface to functional blocks. Work descriptors can be used between DMA engines and corresponding functional blocks to instruct the DMA engines how to transport data between memory locations and/or to reformat the data.
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