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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Paul Blinzer, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0646 (2013.01); G09G 5/363 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1008 (2013.01); G09G 2360/08 (2013.01); G09G 2360/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for accessing accelerated processing device ('APD') memory is provided. The technique includes identifying whether to activate one or both of a first direct mapping unit and a second direct mapping unit, wherein the first direct mapping unit is associated with a small address size and the second direct mapping unit is associated with a large address size; activating the identified one or both of the first direct mapping unit and the second direct mapping unit; and accessing memory of the accelerated processing device using the one or both of the first direct mapping unit and the second direct mapping unit.


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