Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for yield operation supporting thread-like behavior
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Application No.: US16204612Application Date: 2018-11-29
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Publication No.: US10467013B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Lee W. Howes , Benedict R. Gaster , Michael C. Houston
- 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: G06F9/38
- IPC: G06F9/38 ; G06F9/30 ; G06F8/41
Abstract:
A method, system, and computer program product synchronize a group of workitems executing an instruction stream on a processor. The processor is yielded by a first workitem responsive to a synchronization instruction in the instruction stream. A first one of a plurality of program counters is updated to point to a next instruction following the synchronization instruction in the instruction stream to be executed by the first workitem. A second workitem is run on the processor after the yielding.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190146799A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR YIELD OPERATION SUPPORTING THREAD-LIKE BEHAVIOR Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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