- Patent Title: Low power and low latency GPU coprocessor for persistent computing
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Application No.: US15360057Application Date: 2016-11-23
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Publication No.: US10929944B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Jiasheng Chen , Timour Paltashev , Alexander Lyashevsky , Carl Kittredge Wakeland , Michael J. Mantor
- 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: Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin and Goetzel PC
- Agent Rory D. Rankin
- Main IPC: G06T1/20
- IPC: G06T1/20 ; G06F9/54 ; G06F9/38 ; G06T1/60

Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a graphics processing unit (GPU) coprocessor are disclosed. The GPU coprocessor includes a SIMD unit with the ability to self-schedule sub-wave procedures based on input data flow events. A host processor sends messages targeting the GPU coprocessor to a queue. In response to detecting a first message in the queue, the GPU coprocessor schedules a first sub-task for execution. The GPU coprocessor includes an inter-lane crossbar and intra-lane biased indexing mechanism for a vector general purpose register (VGPR) file. The VGPR file is split into two files. The first VGPR file is a larger register file with one read port and one write port. The second VGPR file is a smaller register file with multiple read ports and one write port. The second VGPR introduces the ability to co-issue more than one instruction per clock cycle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180144435A1 LOW POWER AND LOW LATENCY GPU COPROCESSOR FOR PERSISTENT COMPUTING Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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