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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Control flow mechanism for execution of graphics processor instructions using active channel packing
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Subramaniam M. Maiyuran, Gold River, CA (US);
Guei-Yuan Lueh, San Jose, CA (US);
Supratim Pal, Bangalore, IN;
Gang Chen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ananda V. Kommaraju, Bangalore, IN;
Joy Chandra, Bangalore, IN;
Altug Koker, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Prasoonkumar Surti, Folsom, CA (US);
David Puffer, Tempe, AZ (US);
Hong Bin Liao, Beijing, CN;
Joydeep Ray, Folsom, CA (US);
Abhishek R. Appu, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Ankur N. Shah, Folsom, CA (US);
Travis T. Schluessler, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Jonathan Kennedy, Bristol, GB;
Devan Burke, Portland, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to facilitate control flow in a graphics processing system is disclosed. The apparatus includes logic a plurality of execution units to execute single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) and flow control logic to detect a diverging control flow in a plurality of SIMD channels and reduce the execution of the control flow to a subset of the SIMD channels.