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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Nvidia Corp., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Robert Johnson, Austin, TX (US);
Jack Choquette, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Olivier Giroux, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Patrick McKeown, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Stephenson, Austin, TX (US);
Sana Damani, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA CORP., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/522 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/3887 (2013.01); G06F 9/4881 (2013.01);
Abstract
Convergence of threads executing common code sections is facilitated using instructions inserted at strategic locations in computer code sections. The inserted instructions enable the threads in a warp or other group to cooperate with a thread scheduler to promote thread convergence.