Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing coherent memory between an accelerated processing device and a central processing unit
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Application No.: US15246056Application Date: 2016-08-24
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Publication No.: US09965392B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Anthony Asaro , Kevin Normoyle , Mark Hummel
- Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. , ATI Technologies ULC
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale CA Markham, Ontario
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,ATI Technologies ULC
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,ATI Technologies ULC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale CA Markham, Ontario
- Agency: Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28 ; G06F12/0815 ; G06F12/0806 ; G06F12/0831 ; G06F12/0846 ; G06F12/0837 ; G06F12/0804

Abstract:
Existing multiprocessor computing systems often have insufficient memory coherency and, consequently, are unable to efficiently utilize separate memory systems. Specifically, a CPU cannot effectively write to a block of memory and then have a GPU access that memory unless there is explicit synchronization. In addition, because the GPU is forced to statically split memory locations between itself and the CPU, existing multiprocessor computing systems are unable to efficiently utilize the separate memory systems. Embodiments described herein overcome these deficiencies by receiving a notification within the GPU that the CPU has finished processing data that is stored in coherent memory, and invalidating data in the CPU caches that the GPU has finished processing from the coherent memory. Embodiments described herein also include dynamically partitioning a GPU memory into coherent memory and local memory through use of a probe filter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160364334A1 MANAGING COHERENT MEMORY BETWEEN AN ACCELERATED PROCESSING DEVICE AND A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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