Hari Sandanagobalane

Title: Hari Sandanagobalane: Inventor in Code Coverage Technology.

Introduction

Hari Sandanagobalane is an inventor based in Kirkland, Washington, and is associated with NVIDIA Corporation. His work includes an invention addressing code coverage collection for programs that run across host processors and accelerator devices.

Latest Patents

Sandanagobalane is named on one patent, titled “Code Coverage Generation Through Host-Device Coordination.” The patent describes a system and method for compiling programs that combine host code and device code so that code coverage data can be collected during device-code execution.

An integrated compiler can produce instrumented executable code containing coverage counters for device functions and mapping information connecting those counters to instrumented source points. The executable also includes instructions for the host processor to allocate and initialize device memory for the counters, then retrieve the collected coverage information from device memory into host memory. This process can support generating coverage reports for device-code functions.

Career Highlights

The patent reflects work on compiler technology and coordination between host processors, such as CPUs, and co-processors, such as GPUs. Sandanagobalane’s listed patent portfolio includes 1 patent.

Collaborations

Sandanagobalane’s listed coworker is Vinod Grover. The patent’s subject matter concerns coordinated execution and data transfer between host and device components.

Conclusion

Hari Sandanagobalane’s patent focuses on enabling code coverage analysis for device code through compiler instrumentation and host-device coordination.