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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Paul Blinzer, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leendert Van Doorn, Austin, TX (US);
Gongxian Jeffrey Cheng, Toronto, CA;
Elene Terry, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas Woller, Austin, TX (US);
Arshad Rahman, Richmond Hill, CA;
Paul Blinzer, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leendert Van Doorn, Austin, TX (US);
Gongxian Jeffrey Cheng, Toronto, CA;
Elene Terry, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas Woller, Austin, TX (US);
Arshad Rahman, Richmond Hill, CA;
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided, as an aspect of a combined CPU/APD architecture system, for discovering and reporting properties of devices and system topology that are relevant to efficiently scheduling and distributing computational tasks to the various computational resources of a combined CPU/APD architecture system. The combined CPU/APD architecture unifies CPUs and APDs in a flexible computing environment. In some embodiments, the combined CPU/APD architecture capabilities are implemented in a single integrated circuit, elements of which can include one or more CPU cores and one or more APD cores. The combined CPU/APD architecture creates a foundation upon which existing and new programming frameworks, languages, and tools can be constructed.