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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Applicants:
Michael J. Mantor, Orlando, FL (US);
Brian Emberling, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Mantor, Orlando, FL (US);
Brian Emberling, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2013.01); G06F 9/30087 (2013.01); G06F 9/30123 (2013.01); G06F 9/3834 (2013.01); G06F 9/3851 (2013.01); G06F 9/3885 (2013.01); G06F 9/3887 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A graphics processing unit is disclosed, the graphics processing unit having a processor having one or more SIMD processing units, and a local data share corresponding to one of the one or more SIMD processing units, the local data share comprising one or more low latency accessible memory regions for each group of threads assigned to one or more execution wavefronts, and a global data share comprising one or more low latency memory regions for each group of threads.