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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Shlomo Raikin, Ofer, IL;
Raanan Sade, Kibutz Sanid, IL;
Robert Valentine, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Julius Yuli Mandelblat, Haifa, IL;
Ron Shalev, Ceaseria, IL;
Larisa Novakovsky, Haifa, IL;
Shlomo Raikin, Ofer, IL;
Raanan Sade, Kibutz Sanid, IL;
Robert Valentine, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Julius Yuli Mandelblat, Haifa, IL;
Ron Shalev, Ceaseria, IL;
Larisa Novakovsky, Haifa, IL;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for efficiently transferring data from a core of a central processing unit (CPU) to a graphics processing unit (GPU). For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: writing data to a buffer within the core of the CPU until a designated amount of data has been written; upon detecting that the designated amount of data has been written, responsively generating an eviction cycle, the eviction cycle causing the data to be transferred from the buffer to a cache accessible by both the core and the GPU; setting an indication to indicate to the GPU that data is available in the cache; and upon the GPU detecting the indication, providing the data to the GPU from the cache upon receipt of a read signal from the GPU.