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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Trishul A. Chilimbi, Seattle, WA (US);
Olatunji Ruwase, Bothell, WA (US);
Vivek Seshadri, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 9/3001 (2013.01); G06F 9/30021 (2013.01); G06F 9/3802 (2013.01); G06F 9/3869 (2013.01); G06F 9/3873 (2013.01);
Abstract
Efficient instruction processing for sparse data includes extensions to a processor pipeline to identify zero-optimizable instructions that include at least one zero input operand, and bypass the execute stage of the processor pipeline, determining the result of the operation without executing the instruction. When possible, the extensions also bypass the writeback stage of the processor pipeline.