Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Function callback mechanism between a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and an auxiliary processor
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Application No.: US16282553Application Date: 2019-02-22
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Publication No.: US10706496B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Brian T. Lewis , Rajkishore Barik , Tatiana Shpeisman
- Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F9/54
- IPC: G06F9/54 ; G06T1/20

Abstract:
Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for implementing function callback requests between a first processor (e.g., a GPU) and a second processor (e.g., a CPU). The system may include a shared virtual memory (SVM) coupled to the first and second processors, the SVM configured to store at least one double-ended queue (Deque). An execution unit (EU) of the first processor may be associated with a first of the Deques and configured to push the callback requests to that first Deque. A request handler thread executing on the second processor may be configured to: pop one of the callback requests from the first Deque; execute a function specified by the popped callback request; and generate a completion signal to the EU in response to completion of the function.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190258533A1 FUNCTION CALLBACK MECHANISM BETWEEN A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) AND AN AUXILIARY PROCESSOR Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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