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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2013
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Scott Ricketts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Scott Pharris, Cary, NC (US);
Nicholas Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Luke David Durant, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Philip Alexander Cuadra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for low-latency scheduling and launch of memory defined tasks. The method includes the steps of receiving a task metadata data structure to be stored in a memory associated with a processor, transmitting the task metadata data structure to a scheduling unit of the processor, storing the task metadata data structure in a cache unit included in the scheduling unit, and copying the task metadata data structure from the cache unit to the memory.