US Patent Issued to Xilinx on Nov. 11 for "Inter-kernel dataflow analysis and deadlock detection" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,581, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Xilinx Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Inter-kernel dataflow analysis and deadlock detection" was invented by Luciano Lavagno (Berkeley, Calif.), Xin Jin (Beijing), Dan Liu (Beijing), Thomas Bollaert (Portland, Ore.), Hem C. Neema (San Jose, Calif.) and Chaosheng Shi (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inter-kernel dataflow analysis and deadlock detection includes, for each kernel of a plurality of kernels of a design, including, using computer hardware, a signal for the kernel that is asserted in response to all processes inside the kernel stalling, wherein the plurality of kernels form a strong...