Nvidia patents method for running hardware commands via firmware
Nvidia describes a system where user applications store commands in a memory buffer and signal firmware to process them. The firmware checks these commands for errors and sends them to hardware accelerators for execution, either one at a time or in overlapping sequences.
In the filing’s own words
Various examples, systems, and methods relate to submitting and executing commands for a hardware accelerator using a firmware-controlled interface. A system can receive command information from a user application and store the commands into a memory buffer. The system can notify the firmware that the commands are ready. The firmware can read the commands, check for errors, and run them on the hardware one at a time or in overlapping order.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A system, comprising: one or more processors to: construct, in memory, a command buffer comprising at least one command identifying at least one resource; provide, to a submission queue corresponding with a non-privileged execution context, submission information of the command buffer; provide, to a signaling interface corresponding with the submission queue, a submission indicator corresponding to the submission information; and cause execution of the command buffer by at least one hardware component of a hardware accelerator, the command buffer identifying the at least one resource.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- USER-SPACE BUFFER CONSTRUCTION AND FIRMWARE-CONTROLLED EXECUTION FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATORS
- Publication number
- US20260329673A1
- Application number
- 19183565
- Filed
- Apr 18, 2025
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 9/544 Physics & computingG06F 9/546 Physics & computingG06F 2209/548 Physics & computingG06T 1/20 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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