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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Graphcore Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen Felix, Bristol, GB;
Richard Osborne, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
GRAPHCORE LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (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 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A set of configurable sync groupings (which may be referred to as sync zones) are defined. Any of the processors may belong to any of the sync zones. Each of the processor comprises a register indicating to which of the sync zones it belongs. If a processor does not belong to a sync zone, it continually asserts a sync request for that sync zone to the sync controller. If a processor does belong to a sync zone, it will only assert its sync request for that sync zone upon arriving at a synchronisation point for that sync zone indicated in its compiled code set.