Data mover moving data to accelerator for processing and returning result data based on instruction received from a processor utilizing software and hardware interrupts

• Main Authors: URGAONKAR SANDEEP, KLINGENBRUNN THOMAS, MAHESHWARI SHAILESH, MIR IDREAS, LIOU TIM TYNGHUEI, KRISHNAMOORTHY SRIVIDHYA, KOHLENZ MATHIAS, KHAN IRFAN ANWAR, MADHUSUDAN SATHYANARAYAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.05.2015
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

Efficient data processing apparatus and methods include hardware components which are pre-programmed by software. Each hardware component triggers the other to complete its tasks. After the final pre-programmed hardware task is complete, the hardware component issues a software interrupt.