Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical and horizontal broadcast of shared operands
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Application No.: US18128642Application Date: 2023-03-30
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Publication No.: US12327124B2Publication Date: 2025-06-10
- Inventor: Sateesh Lagudu , Allen H. Rush , Michael Mantor , Arun Vaidyanathan Ananthanarayan , Prasad Nagabhushanamgari , Maxim V. Kazakov
- Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F9/38 ; G06F13/28 ; G06F13/40 ; G06F15/173

Abstract:
An array processor includes processor element arrays distributed in rows and columns. The processor element arrays perform operations on parameter values. The array processor also includes memory interfaces that broadcast sets of the parameter values to mutually exclusive subsets of the rows and columns of the processor element arrays. In some cases, the array processor includes single-instruction-multiple-data (SIMD) units including subsets of the processor element arrays in corresponding rows, workgroup processors (WGPs) including subsets of the SIMD units, and a memory fabric configured to interconnect with an external memory that stores the parameter values. The memory interfaces broadcast the parameter values to the SIMD units that include the processor element arrays in rows associated with the memory interfaces and columns of processor element arrays that are implemented across the SIMD units in the WGPs. The memory interfaces access the parameter values from the external memory via the memory fabric.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230289191A1 VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BROADCAST OF SHARED OPERANDS Public/Granted day:2023-09-14
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