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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Donofrio, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/345 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/10 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3455 (2013.01); G06F 9/30007 (2013.01); G06F 9/3877 (2013.01); G06F 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing stencil computations efficiently are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor receives an offset, and in response, retrieves a value from a memory via a single instruction, where the retrieving comprises: identifying, based on the offset, one of a plurality of registers of the processor; loading an address stored in the identified register; and retrieving from the memory the value at the address.