# US 12,596,548 B2 · Multiprocessor programming toolkit for design reuse > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,596,548 B2 - Document ID: US12596548B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/583,195 - Filed: 2024-02-21 - Published: 2024-11-28 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-06 - Assignees: HyperX Holdings LLC - Applicants: HyperX Holdings LLC - Inventors: Stephen E. Lim; Viet N. Ngo; Jeffrey M. Nicholson; John Mark Beardslee; Teng-I Wang; Zhong Qing Shang; Michael Lyle Purnell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12596548B2 ## CPC - G06F 8/71: Version control (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57); Configuration management - G06F 9/44505: {Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files} - G06F 8/443: {Optimisation} - G06F 8/60: Software deployment - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Techniques for specifying and implementing a software application targeted for execution on a multiprocessor array (MPA). The MPA may include a plurality of processing elements, supporting memory, and a high bandwidth interconnection network (IN), communicatively coupling the plurality of processing elements and supporting memory. In some embodiments, software code may specify one or more cell definitions that include: program instructions executable to perform a function and one or more language constructs. The software code may further instantiate first, second, and third cell instances, each of which is an instantiation of one of the one or more cell definitions, where the instantiation includes configuration of the one or more language constructs such that: the first and second cell instances communicate via respective communication ports and the first and second cell instances are included in the third cell instance. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores software code deployable on a multiprocessor array (MPA), wherein the software code comprises a set of program instructions that: specify one or more cell definitions that include: program instructions executable to perform a function; and one or more language constructs which are user configurable to specify one or more parameter inputs; and instantiate a first cell instance and one or more second cell instances, each of which is an instantiation of one of the one or more cell definitions, wherein the instantiation includes configuration of the one or more language constructs such that the one or more second cell instances are included in the first cell instance, wherein the one or more second cell instances are configured to communicate current hardware resource usage, and wherein the instantiation of the first cell instance comprises an instantiation of a first cell definition of the one or more cell definitions that includes a first language construct that specifies a first parameter input, wherein the first parameter input comprises a numerical parameter, and wherein a total number of the one or more second cell instances corresponds to the numerical parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more language constructs are further user configurable to specify one or more communication ports, wherein the first cell instance and the one or more second cell instances are instantiated according to the specified one or more communication ports. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the instantiation further includes configuration of the one or more language constructs such that a communication port of the first cell instance is coupled to communication ports of the one or more second cell instances. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the one or more communication ports are mappable to dynamic routing circuitry of the MPA that routes communications between processing elements of the MPA. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more second cell instances comprise an instantiation of a second cell definition of the one or more cell definitions different from the first cell definition. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the one or more second cell instances are configured to execute the second cell definition in parallel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein different ones of the one or more second cell instances are instances of the same cell definition but are configured to use different amounts of hardware resources of the MPA. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the cell definition for the first cell instance specifies that it includes the one or more second cell instances. ### Claim 9 A method for configuring a multiprocessor array (MPA), wherein the MPA comprises hardware resources including a plurality of processors and a plurality of memories, the method comprising: specifying one or more cell definitions that include: program instructions executable to perform a function; and one or more language constructs which are user configurable to specify one or more parameter inputs; and instantiating a first cell instance and one or more second cell instances, each of which is an instantiation of one of the one or more cell definitions, wherein the instantiation includes configuration of the one or more language constructs such that the one or more second cell instances are included in the first cell instance, wherein the one or more second cell instances are configured to communicate current hardware resource usage, and wherein the instantiation of the first cell instance comprises an instantiation of a first cell definition of the one or more cell definitions that includes a first language construct that specifies a first parameter input, wherein the first parameter input comprises a numerical parameter, and wherein a total number of the one or more second cell instances corresponds to the numerical parameter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more language constructs are further user configurable to specify one or more communication ports, wherein the first cell instance and the one or more second cell instances are instantiated according to the specified one or more communication ports, and wherein the instantiation further includes configuration of the one or more language constructs such that a communication port of the first cell instance is coupled to communication ports of the one or more second cell instances. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more communication ports are mappable to dynamic routing circuitry of the MPA that routes communications between processing elements of the MPA. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more second cell instances comprise an instantiation of a second cell definition of the one or more cell definitions different from the first cell definition, wherein the one or more second cell instances are configured to execute the second cell definition in parallel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein different ones of the one or more second cell instances are instances of the same cell definition but are configured to use different amounts of hardware resources of the MPA. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: dynamically adjusting an amount of hardware resources of the MPA that is assigned to the first cell instance. ### Claim 15 A system, comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories having program instructions stored thereon that are executable to deploy software code on a multiprocessor array (MPA), wherein the software code comprises a set of program instructions that: specify one or more cell definitions that include: program instructions executable to perform a function; and one or more language constructs which are user configurable to specify one or more parameter inputs; and instantiate a first cell instance and one or more second cell instances, each of which is an instantiation of one of the one or more cell definitions, wherein the instantiation includes configuration of the one or more language constructs such that the one or more second cell instances are included in the first cell instance, wherein the one or more second cell instances are configured to communicate current hardware resource usage, and wherein the instantiation of the first cell instance comprises an instantiation of a first cell definition of the one or more cell definitions that includes a first language construct that specifies a first parameter input, wherein the first parameter input comprises a numerical parameter, and wherein a total number of the one or more second cell instances corresponds to the numerical parameter. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more language constructs are further user configurable to specify one or more communication ports, wherein the first cell instance and the one or more second cell instances are instantiated according to the specified one or more communication ports, and wherein the instantiation further includes configuration of the one or more language constructs such that a communication port of the first cell instance is coupled to communication ports of the one or more second cell instances. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more second cell instances comprise an instantiation of a second cell definition of the one or more cell definitions different from the first cell definition, and wherein the one or more second cell instances are configured to execute the second cell definition in parallel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein different ones of the one or more second cell instances are instances of the same cell definition but are configured to use different amounts of hardware resources of the MPA. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein deploying the software code maps communication to dynamic routing circuitry of the MPA that is configured to route communications between processing elements of the MPA. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the cell definition for the first cell instance specifies that it includes the one or more second cell instances.