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Amazon patents method for managing data queues between computer parts

This patent describes a system where a main computer processor asks a connected device to set up a specific area of memory for data. The connected device then tells the processor exactly where that memory is located so data can be transferred efficiently. It is a standard way for different computer components to coordinate how they share information.

Why it mattersIt is a routine improvement to how computer hardware communicates, likely aimed at making data transfers between chips more organized and efficient.

In the filing’s own words

A resource request is received by a peripheral device from host processing logic. The resource request includes a requested resource size. The peripheral device allocates resource of the peripheral device in response to the resource request. A resource response is sent by the peripheral device to the host processing logic. The resource response includes information indicating a location of the allocated resource.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A system comprising: host processing logic; and a peripheral bus communicatively coupling the host processing logic to a bus interface of a peripheral device having a device memory, wherein the host processing logic is configured to: send a queue request to the peripheral device over the peripheral bus, the queue request including a size of a queue to be created in the device memory; receive a queue response from the peripheral device that is responsive to the queue request, the queue response including information indicating: a first location of a queue register for managing the queue; and a second location of a queue memory space allocated for the queue in the device memory by the peripheral device; send a descriptor to the queue memory space; and perform a data transfer with the peripheral device based on the descriptor.

Facts

Company
Amazon (Amazon Technologies, Inc.)
Official title
Dynamic resource management of network device
Patent number
US12730762B1
Application number
18669256
Filed
May 20, 2024
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 13/16 Physics & computingG06F 3/0604 Physics & computingG06F 3/0631 Physics & computingG06F 3/067 Physics & computingG06F 9/45558 Physics & computingG06F 13/28 Physics & computing
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