POWER SAVING BRANCH MODES IN HARDWARE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180341489A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US15684573

    申请日:2017-08-23

    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes executing a plurality of threads in a temporal dimension, executing a plurality of threads in a spatial dimension, determining a branch target address for each of the plurality of threads in the temporal dimension and the plurality of threads in the spatial dimension, and comparing each of the branch target addresses to determine a minimum branch target address, wherein the minimum branch target address is a minimum value among branch target addresses of each of the plurality of threads.

    System and method for maintaining data in a low-power structure

    公开(公告)号:US10360034B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US15633746

    申请日:2017-06-26

    Abstract: A graphics processing unit may include a register file memory, a processing element (PE) and a load-store unit (LSU). The register file memory includes a plurality of registers. The PE is coupled to the register file memory and processes at least one thread of a vector of threads of a graphical application. Each thread in the vector of threads are processed in a non-stalling manner. The PE stores data in a first predetermined set of the plurality of registers in the register file memory that has been generated by processing the at least one thread and that is to be routed to a first stallable logic unit that is external to the PE. The LSU is coupled to the register file memory, and the LSU accesses the data in the first predetermined set of the plurality of registers and routes to the first stallable logic unit.

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