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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vinod Tipparaju, Austin, TX (US);
Lee W. Howes, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Scogland, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and methods embodying some aspects of the present embodiments for efficient load balancing using predication flags are provided. The load balancing system includes a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a shared queue. The first processing unit is in communication with a first queue. The second processing unit is in communication with a second queue. The first and second queues are each configured to hold a packet. The shared queue is configured to maintain a work assignment, wherein the work assignment is to be processed by either the first or second processing unit.