Processors and methods for privileged configuration in a spatial array

    公开(公告)号:US10445098B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US15721809

    申请日:2017-09-30

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses relating to privileged configuration in spatial arrays are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes processing elements; an interconnect network between the processing elements; and a configuration controller coupled to a first subset and a second, different subset of the plurality of processing elements, the first subset having an output coupled to an input of the second, different subset, wherein the configuration controller is to configure the interconnect network between the first subset and the second, different subset of the plurality of processing elements to not allow communication on the interconnect network between the first subset and the second, different subset when a privilege bit is set to a first value and to allow communication on the interconnect network between the first subset and the second, different subset of the plurality of processing elements when the privilege bit is set to a second value.

    APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR MEMORY CONSISTENCY IN A CONFIGURABLE SPATIAL ACCELERATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190205284A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-04

    申请号:US15859466

    申请日:2017-12-30

    CPC classification number: G06F15/17331 G06F9/542

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses relating to consistency in an accelerator are described. In one embodiment, request address file (RAF) circuits are coupled to a spatial array by a first network, a memory is coupled to the RAF circuits by a second network, a RAF circuit is to not issue, into the second network, a request to the memory marked with a program order dependency on a previous request until receiving a first token generated by completion of the previous request to the memory by another RAF circuit, and a second RAF circuit is to not issue, into the second network, a second request to the memory marked with a program order dependency on a first request until receiving a second token sent by a first RAF circuit when a predetermined time period has lapsed since the first request was issued by the first RAF circuit into the second network.

    PROCESSORS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR A MEMORY FENCE IN A CONFIGURABLE SPATIAL ACCELERATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190095369A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US15719285

    申请日:2017-09-28

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to a memory fence mechanism in a configurable spatial accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of processing elements and an interconnect network between the plurality of processing elements to receive an input of a dataflow graph comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein the dataflow graph is to be overlaid into the interconnect network and the plurality of processing elements with each node represented as a dataflow operator in the plurality of processing elements, and the plurality of processing elements are to perform a plurality of operations, each by a respective, incoming operand set arriving at each of the dataflow operators of the plurality of processing elements. The processor also includes a fence manager to manage a memory fence between a first operation and a second operation of the plurality of operations.

    Processors, methods, and systems for debugging a configurable spatial accelerator

    公开(公告)号:US11086816B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US15719281

    申请日:2017-09-28

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to debugging a configurable spatial accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of processing elements and an interconnect network between the plurality of processing elements to receive an input of a dataflow graph comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein the dataflow graph is to be overlaid into the interconnect network and the plurality of processing elements with each node represented as a dataflow operator in the plurality of processing elements, and the plurality of processing elements are to perform an operation by a respective, incoming operand set arriving at each of the dataflow operators of the plurality of processing elements. At least a first of the plurality of processing elements is to enter a halted state in response to being represented as a first of the plurality of dataflow operators.

    Apparatuses, methods, and systems for swizzle operations in a configurable spatial accelerator

    公开(公告)号:US10817291B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16370915

    申请日:2019-03-30

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to swizzle operations and disable operations in a configurable spatial accelerator (CSA) are described. Certain embodiments herein provide for an encoding system for a specific set of swizzle primitives across a plurality of packed data elements in a CSA. In one embodiment, a CSA includes a plurality of processing elements, a circuit switched interconnect network between the plurality of processing elements, and a configuration register within each processing element to store a configuration value having a first portion that, when set to a first value that indicates a first mode, causes the processing element to pass an input value to operation circuitry of the processing element without modifying the input value, and, when set to a second value that indicates a second mode, causes the processing element to perform a swizzle operation on the input value to form a swizzled input value before sending the swizzled input value to the operation circuitry of the processing element, and a second portion that causes the processing element to perform an operation indicated by the second portion the configuration value on the input value in the first mode and the swizzled input value in the second mode with the operation circuitry.

    Processors, methods, and systems with a configurable spatial accelerator

    公开(公告)号:US10515046B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US15640543

    申请日:2017-07-01

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to a configurable spatial accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a synchronizer circuit coupled between an interconnect network of a first tile and an interconnect network of a second tile and comprising storage to store data to be sent between the interconnect network of the first tile and the interconnect network of the second tile, the synchronizer circuit to convert the data from the storage between a first voltage or a first frequency of the first tile and a second voltage or a second frequency of the second tile to generate converted data, and send the converted data between the interconnect network of the first tile and the interconnect network of the second tile

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