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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Conrad Tannenbaum, Austin, TX (US);
Ming Y. Siu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Stuart F Oberman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Colin Sprinkle, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Srinivasan Iyer, Austin, TX (US);
Ian Chi Yan Kwong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are described for providing hints to a processing unit that subsequent operations are likely. Responsively, the processing unit takes steps to prepare for the likely subsequent operations. Where the hints are more likely than not to be correct, the processing unit operates more efficiently. For example, in an embodiment, the processing unit consumes less power. In another embodiment, subsequent operations are performed more quickly because the processing unit is prepared to efficiently handle the subsequent operations.