Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Preemptive context switching of processes on an accelerated processing device (APD) based on time quanta
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Application No.: US15362230Application Date: 2016-11-28
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Publication No.: US10242420B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Robert Scott Hartog , Ralph Clayton Taylor , Michael Mantor , Kevin John McGrath , Sebastien Nussbaum , Nuwan Jayasena , Rex McCrary , Mark Leather , Philip J. Rogers , Thomas Woller
- Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06T1/20
- IPC: G06T1/20 ; G06F9/48 ; G06F9/52 ; G06T1/60
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are described. A method includes an accelerated processing device running a process. When a maximum time interval during which the process is permitted to run expires before the process completes, the accelerated processing device receives an operating-system-initiated instruction to stop running the process. The accelerated processing device stops the process from running in response to the received operating-system-initiated instruction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170076421A1 PREEMPTIVE CONTEXT SWITCHING OF PROCESSES ON AN ACCELERATED PROCESSING DEVICE (APD) BASED ON TIME QUANTA Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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