Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shared virtual address space for heterogeneous processors
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Application No.: US14747944Application Date: 2015-06-23
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Publication No.: US11100004B2Publication Date: 2021-08-24
- Inventor: Gongxian Jeffrey Cheng , Mark Fowler , Philip J. Rogers , Benjamin T. Sander , Anthony Asaro , Mike Mantor , Raja Koduri
- Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC , Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Markham; US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC,Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC,Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Markham; US CA Sunnyvale
- Main IPC: G06F12/1009
- IPC: G06F12/1009

Abstract:
A processor uses the same virtual address space for heterogeneous processing units of the processor. The processor employs different sets of page tables for different types of processing units, such as a CPU and a GPU, wherein a memory management unit uses each set of page tables to translate virtual addresses of the virtual address space to corresponding physical addresses of memory modules associated with the processor. As data is migrated between memory modules, the physical addresses in the page tables can be updated to reflect the physical location of the data for each processing unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160378674A1 SHARED VIRTUAL ADDRESS SPACE FOR HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSORS Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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