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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yuan Lin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gautam Chakrabarti, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jaydeep Marathe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Okwan Kwon, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Amit Sabne, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2013.01); G06F 8/40 (2013.01); G06F 9/3851 (2013.01); G06F 9/5016 (2013.01); G06F 9/52 (2013.01); G06F 9/522 (2013.01); G06F 12/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for compiling or runtime executing a fork-join data parallel program with function calls. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a partitioner operable to partition groups into a master group and at least one worker group and (2) a thread designator associated with the partitioner and operable to designate only one thread from the master group for execution and all threads in the at least one worker group for execution.