Highly integrated scalable, flexible DSP megamodule architecture

US11036648B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Timothy David Anderson · University Park, US
• Joseph Zbiciak · San Jose, US
• Duc Quang Bui · Grand Prairie, US
• Abhijeet Ashok Chachad · Plano, US
• Kai Chirca · Dallas, US
• Naveen Bhoria · Plano, US
• Matthew D. Pierson · Sachse, US
• Daniel Wu · Dallas, US
• Ramakrishnan Venkatasubramanian · Plano, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 15, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03H2017/0298
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments include a data processing apparatus having a processing core, a memory, and a streaming engine. The streaming engine is configured to receive a plurality of data elements stored in the memory and to provide the plurality of data elements as a data stream to the processing core, and includes an address generator to generate addresses corresponding to locations in the memory, a buffer to store the data elements received from the locations in the memory corresponding to the generated addresses, and an output to supply the data elements received from the memory to the processing core as the data stream.