Common platform for one-level memory architecture and two-level memory architecture

    公开(公告)号:US11221762B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-11

    申请号:US16274866

    申请日:2019-02-13

    Abstract: A processor includes a first memory interface to be coupled to a plurality of memory module sockets located off-package, a second memory interface to be coupled to a non-volatile memory (NVM) socket located off-package, and a multi-level memory controller (MLMC). The MLMC is to: control the memory modules disposed in the plurality of memory module sockets as main memory in a one-level memory (1LM) configuration; detect a switch from a 1LM mode of operation to a two-level memory (2LM) mode of operation in response to a basic input/output system (BIOS) detection of a low-power memory module disposed in one of the memory module sockets and a NVM device disposed in the NVM socket in a 2LM configuration; and control the low-power memory module as cache in the 2LM configuration in response to detection of the switch from the 1LM mode of operation to the 2LM mode of operation.

    Shared local memory read merge and multicast return

    公开(公告)号:US10970808B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16449545

    申请日:2019-06-24

    Abstract: A general-purpose graphics processor comprising a first set of compute units, a second set of compute units, and a memory coupled with the first set of compute units and the second set of compute units is described. The memory is configured to merge a first read request to an address block of the memory with a second read request to the address block of the memory to reduce a number of memory accesses to a memory bank associated with the address block. The graphics processor can also include a memory arbiter that can multicast merged reads to the compute units associated with the merged reads.

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