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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lee W. Howes, San Jose, CA (US);
Benedict R. Gaster, Bristol, GB;
Michael C. Houston, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 8/41 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3851 (2013.01); G06F 8/458 (2013.01); G06F 9/3009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product synchronize a group of workitems executing an instruction stream on a processor. The processor is yielded by a first workitem responsive to a synchronization instruction in the instruction stream. A first one of a plurality of program counters is updated to point to a next instruction following the synchronization instruction in the instruction stream to be executed by the first workitem. A second workitem is run on the processor after the yielding.