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Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2009
Applicants:

Patryk Kaminski, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas Woller, Austin, TX (US);

Keith Lowery, Bothell, WA (US);

Erich Boleyn, Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Patryk Kaminski, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas Woller, Austin, TX (US);

Keith Lowery, Bothell, WA (US);

Erich Boleyn, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/26 (2006.01); G06F 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that utilize non-shared page tables to allow an accelerator device to share physical memory of a computer system that is managed by and operates under control of an operating system. The computer system can include a multi-core central processor unit. The accelerator device can be, for example, an isolated core processor device of the multi-core central processor unit that is sequestered for use independently of the operating system, or an external device that is communicatively coupled to the computer system.


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