Offloading tasks from a central processing unit to peripheral function engines
US8990455B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus includes an array of universal digital blocks (UDBs) and a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the array of UDBs via a bus. The UDBs may be coupled together to perform tasks, operations or functions that may be offloaded from the CPU to the array of UDBs.
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