Apparatus, systems, and methods for low power computational imaging
AssigneeMovidius Limited
InventorsBrendan Barry, Richard Richmond, Fergal Connor, David Moloney
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Abstract
The present application discloses a computing device that can provide a low-power, highly capable computing platform for computational imaging. The computing device can include one or more processing units, for example one or more vector processors and one or more hardware accelerators, an intelligent memory fabric, a peripheral device, and a power management module. The computing device can communicate with external devices, such as one or more image sensors, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or any other suitable sensor devices.
Claims18
A computing device to coordinate memory operations comprising:
- memory fabric circuitry including a first memory slice and a second memory slice;
- first processor circuitry in circuit with the first memory slice via a first bus;
- second processor circuitry in circuit with the second memory slice via a second bus;
- first power circuitry to provide a first supply voltage to the first processor circuitry;
- second power circuitry to provide a second supply voltage to the second processor circuitry;
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- first and second input registers in circuit with the first and second power circuitry, respectively, the first and second input registers to release input data from the memory fabric circuitry to one or more of the first or second processor circuitry in response to an indication that respective first or second power circuitry is ready.
A system comprising:
- memory fabric circuitry including a first memory slice and a second memory slice;
- first processor circuitry communicatively connected with the first memory slice via first means for bus communication;
- second processor circuitry communicatively connected with the second memory slice via second means for bus communication;
- first means for power control to provide a first supply voltage to the first processor circuitry;
- second means for power control to provide a second supply voltage to the second processor circuitry;
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- first and second register means communicatively connected with the first and second power circuitry, respectively, the first and second register means to release input data from the memory fabric circuitry to one or more of the first or second processor circuitry in response to an indication that respective first means for power control or second means for power control is ready.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.