Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Two way communication support for heterogenous processors of a computer platform
- Patent Title (中): 双向通信支持计算机平台的异构处理器
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Application No.: US13504972Application Date: 2009-10-30
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Publication No.: US08719839B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Shoumeng Yan , Xiaocheng Zhou , Ying Gao , Mohan Rajagopalan , Rajiv Deodhar , David Putzolu , Clark Nelson , Milind Girkar , Robert Geva , Tiger Chen , Sai Luo , Stephen Junkins , Bratin Saha , Ravi Narayanaswamy , Patrick Xi
- Applicant: Shoumeng Yan , Xiaocheng Zhou , Ying Gao , Mohan Rajagopalan , Rajiv Deodhar , David Putzolu , Clark Nelson , Milind Girkar , Robert Geva , Tiger Chen , Sai Luo , Stephen Junkins , Bratin Saha , Ravi Narayanaswamy , Patrick Xi
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Ryder, Lu, Mazzeo and Konieczny, LLC.
- International Application: PCT/US2009/062692 WO 20091030
- International Announcement: WO2011/053303 WO 20110505
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/45 ; G06F15/00

Abstract:
A computer system may comprise a computer platform and input-output devices. The computer platform may include a plurality of heterogeneous processors comprising a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit) GPU, for example. The GPU may be coupled to a GPU compiler and a GPU linker/loader and the CPU may be coupled to a CPU compiler and a CPU linker/loader. The user may create a shared object in an object oriented language and the shared object may include virtual functions. The shared object may be fine grain partitioned between the heterogeneous processors. The GPU compiler may allocate the shared object to the CPU and may create a first and a second enabling path to allow the GPU to invoke virtual functions of the shared object. Thus, the shared object that may include virtual functions may be shared seamlessly between the CPU and the GPU.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130061240A1 TWO WAY COMMUNICATION SUPPORT FOR HETEROGENOUS PROCESSORS OF A COMPUTER PLATFORM Public/Granted day:2013-03-07
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