Multi-context configurable memory controller

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8407429
APP PUB NO 20120131257A1
SERIAL NO

13216203

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The exemplary embodiments provide a multi-context configurable memory controller comprising: an input-output data port array comprising a plurality of input queues and a plurality of output queues; at least one configuration and control register to store, for each context of a plurality of contexts, a plurality of configuration bits; a configurable circuit element configurable for a plurality of data operations, each data operation corresponding to a context of a plurality of contexts, the plurality of data operations comprising memory address generation, memory write operations, and memory read operations, the configurable circuit element comprising a plurality of configurable address generators; and an element controller, the element controller comprising a port arbitration circuit to arbitrate among a plurality of contexts having a ready-to-run status, and the element controller to allow concurrent execution of multiple data operations for multiple contexts having the ready-to-run status.

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  • ELEMENT CXI, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Box, Brian A Seabrook, US 27 370
Kelem, Steven Hennick Los Altos Hills, US 32 390
Rudosky, John M Hampton, US 12 328
Wasson, Stephen L Marina, US 33 560

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