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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2021
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ronald Charles Babich, Jr., Murrysville, PA (US);
John Burgess, Austin, TX (US);
Jack Choquette, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tero Karras, Uusimaa, FI;
Samuli Laine, Uusimaa, FI;
Ignacio Llamas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory Muthler, Austin, TX (US);
William Parsons Newhall, Jr., Woodside, CA (US);
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for an efficient and robust multiprocessor-coprocessor interface that may be used between a streaming multiprocessor and an acceleration coprocessor in a GPU are provided. According to an example implementation, in order to perform an acceleration of a particular operation using the coprocessor, the multiprocessor: issues a series of write instructions to write input data for the operation into coprocessor-accessible storage locations, issues an operation instruction to cause the coprocessor to execute the particular operation; and then issues a series of read instructions to read result data of the operation from coprocessor-accessible storage locations to multiprocessor-accessible storage locations.