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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexandru Dutu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Marcus Nathaniel Chow, San Diego, CA (US);

Matthew D. Sinclair, Bellevue, WA (US);

Bradford M. Beckmann, Bellevue, WA (US);

David A. Wood, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 9/3838 (2013.01); G06F 9/545 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for executing workgroups are provided. The techniques include executing, for a first workgroup of a first kernel dispatch, a workgroup dependency instruction that includes an indication to prioritize execution of a second workgroup of a second kernel dispatch, and in response to the workgroup dependency instruction, dispatching the second workgroup of the second kernel dispatch prior to dispatching a third workgroup of the second kernel dispatch, wherein no workgroup dependency instruction including an indication to prioritize execution of the third workgroup has been executed.


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