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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2020
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hong Jiang, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Sabareesh Ganapathy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Xinmin Tian, Fremont, CA (US);
Fangwen Fu, Folsom, CA (US);
James Valerio, North Plains, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Examples described herein relate to a graphics processing apparatus that includes a memory device and a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to the memory device. The GPU can be configured to: execute an instruction thread; determine if a signal barrier is associated with the instruction thread; for the signal barrier associated with the instruction thread, determine if the signal barrier is cleared; and based on the signal barrier being cleared, permit any waiting instruction thread associated with the signal barrier identifier to commence with execution but not permit any waiting thread that is not associated with the signal barrier identifier to commence with execution.