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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Emberling, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joseph L Greathouse, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/522 (2013.01); G06F 9/3005 (2013.01); G06F 9/30087 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disclosed technique includes executing, for a first wavefront, a barrier arrival notification instruction, for a first barrier, indicating arrival at a first barrier point; performing, for the first wavefront, work prior to the first barrier point; executing, for the first wavefront, a barrier check instruction; and executing, for the first wavefront, at a control flow path based on a result of the barrier check instruction.