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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Paul Lottes, Milpitas, CA (US);
Daniel Wexler, Soda Springs, CA (US);
Craig Duttweiler, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sean Treichler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Luke Durant, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Philip Cuadra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 2209/484 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for scheduling work for processing by a GPU is disclosed. The method includes accessing a work completion data structure and accessing a work tracking data structure. Dependency logic analysis is then performed using work completion data and work tracking data. Work items that have dependencies are then launched into the GPU by using a software work item launch interface.