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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Applicants:
William N. Bell, Champaign, IL (US);
Michael J. Garland, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Inventors:
William N. Bell, Champaign, IL (US);
Michael J. Garland, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for assigning elements of a matrix to processing threads. In use, a matrix is received to be processed by a parallel processing architecture. Such parallel processing architecture includes a plurality of processors each capable of processing a plurality of threads. Elements of the matrix are assigned to each of the threads for processing, utilizing an algorithm that increases a contiguousness of the elements being processed by each thread.