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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Graphcore Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Simon Knowles, Corston, GB;
Daniel John Pelham Wilkinson, Bristol, GB;
Alan Alexander, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Stephen Felix, Bristol, GB;
Richard Osborne, Bristol, GB;
David Lacey, Cheltenham, GB;
Lars Paul Huse, Oppegaard, GB;
Assignee:
GRAPHCORE LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/522 (2013.01); G06F 9/30087 (2013.01); G06F 9/3858 (2023.08); G06F 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-tile processing unit in which the tiles in the processing unit may be divided between two or more different external sync groups for performing barrier synchronisations. In this way, different sets of tiles of the same processing unit each sync with different sets of tiles external to that processing unit.