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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2021
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gongyu Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Shounak Kamalapurkar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yogesh Kulkarni, Foster City, CA (US);
Thomas Melvin Ogletree, Lakeway, TX (US);
Abhijat Ranade, Austin, TX (US);
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processing unit can include a performance monitor for monitoring the performance of the processing unit and associated sub-units. The performance monitor can include a state machine. The state machine can be implemented via state machine data entries stored in a memory associated with the performance monitor. A state machine data entry includes information indicating a state transition condition and output signals. The state transition condition includes a current state and input signals required to meet the condition. The output signals include a next state, one or more counter actions, and one or more triggers. The performance monitor implements logic circuits that determine, based on input signals and the state machine data entries, the next state to transition and associated output signals. The state machine data entries can be written and re-written by a user.