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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mahesh Ravishankar, Redmond, WA (US);
Paulius Micikevicius, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vinod Grover, Redmond, WA (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A compiler and a method of compiling code that reduces memory bandwidth when processing code on a computer are provided herein. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) automatically identifying a sequence of operations for fusing, wherein the sequence of operations correspond to instructions from a source code, (2) determining subdivisions of a final output of the sequence of operations, (3) determining input data and intermediate operations needed to obtain a final subdivision output for each of the subdivisions and (4) automatically generating code to fuse the sequence of operations employing the subdivisions, wherein the automatically identifying and the automatically generating are performed by a processor.