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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/57 (2006.01); G06F 7/544 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 7/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/57 (2013.01); G06F 7/483 (2013.01); G06F 7/5443 (2013.01); G06F 9/3818 (2013.01); G06F 2207/3824 (2013.01);
Abstract
A graphics processing unit (GPU) implements operations, with associated op codes, to perform mixed precision mathematical operations. The GPU includes an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) with different execution paths, wherein each execution path executes a different mixed precision operation. By implementing mixed precision operations at the ALU in response to designate op codes that delineate the operations, the GPU efficiently increases the precision of specified mathematical operations while reducing execution overhead.