Nvidia Corporation

Pranav Vaidya

Alan Menezes

James Leroy Deming

Wishwesh Anil Gandhi

Gregory Scott Palmer

Shailendra Singh

Manas Mandal

Praveen Joginipally

Feiqi Su

Jerome Francis Duluk, Jr

Lacky V Shah

Samuel Hammond Duncan

Timothy John Purcell

Jonathon Stuart Ramsey Evans

Eric Rock

Sonata Gale Wen

Timothy J McDonald

Thomas Melvin Ogletree

Jonathon Stuart Ramsay Evans

Siddharth Sharma

Abhijat Ranade

Gregory Paul Smith

Shounak Kamalapurkar

Jin Ouyang

A parallel processing unit (PPU), operating in a traditional processing environment or in a virtualized processing environment, can be divided into partitions. Each partition is configured to operate similarly to how the entire PPU operates. A given partition includes a subset of the computational and memory resources associated with the entire PPU. Software that executes on a CPU partitions the PPU for an admin user. A guest user is assigned to a partition and can perform processing tasks within that partition in isolation from any other guest users assigned to any other partitions. Because the PPU can be divided into isolated partitions, multiple CPU processes can efficiently utilize PPU resources.

Techniques for configuring a processor to function as multiple, separate processors in a virtualized environment

Various embodiments include a system for generating performance monitoring data in a computing system. The system includes a unit level counter with a set of counters, where each counter increments during each clock cycle in which a corresponding electronic signal is at a first state, such as a high or low logic level state. Periodically, the unit level counter transmits the counter values to a corresponding counter collection unit. The counter collection unit includes a set of counters that aggregates the values of the counters in multiple unit level counters. Based on certain trigger conditions, the counter collection unit transmits records to a reduction channel. The reduction channel includes a set of counters that aggregates the values of the counters in multiple counter collection units. Each virtual machine executing on the system can access a different corresponding reduction channel, providing secure performance metric data for each virtual machine.

Generating power efficient secure multiclient performance monitoring data

A parallel processing unit (PPU) can be divided into partitions. Each partition is configured to operate similarly to how the entire PPU operates. A given partition includes a subset of the computational and memory resources associated with the entire PPU. Software that executes on a CPU partitions the PPU for an admin user. A guest user is assigned to a partition and can perform processing tasks within that partition in isolation from any other guest users assigned to any other partitions. Because the PPU can be divided into isolated partitions, multiple CPU processes can efficiently utilize PPU resources.

Techniques for configuring a processor to function as multiple, separate processors

Techniques for reconfiguring partitions in a parallel processing system

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