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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Inventors:
Simon Nield, Kings Langley, GB;
Yoong-Chert Foo, Kings Langley, GB;
Adam de Grasse, Kings Langley, GB;
Luca Iuliano, Kings Langley, GB;
Assignee:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 7/575 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3016 (2013.01); G06F 7/575 (2013.01); G06F 9/3001 (2013.01); G06F 9/3009 (2013.01); G06F 9/30185 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/3851 (2013.01); G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 9/522 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of activating scheduling instructions within a parallel processing unit is described. The method comprises decoding, in an instruction decoder, an instruction in a scheduled task in an active state and checking, by an instruction controller, if a swap flag is set in the decoded instruction. If the swap flag in the decoded instruction is set, a scheduler is triggered to de-activate the scheduled task by changing the scheduled task from the active state to a non-active state.