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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2023
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Valentin Andrei, San Jose, CA (US);

Subramaniam Maiyuran, Gold River, CA (US);

SungYe Kim, Folsom, CA (US);

Varghese George, Folsom, CA (US);

Altug Koker, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);

Aravindh Anantaraman, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 15/80 (2006.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 9/38 (2013.01); G06F 9/3851 (2013.01); G06F 9/3888 (2023.08); G06F 9/52 (2013.01); G06F 15/8007 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses to synchronize lanes that diverge or threads that drift are disclosed. In one embodiment, a graphics multiprocessor includes a queue having an initial state of groups with a first group having threads of first and second instruction types and a second group having threads of the first and second instruction types. A regroup engine (or regroup circuitry) regroups threads into a third group having threads of the first instruction type and a fourth group having threads of the second instruction type.


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