Unified memory systems and methods
    23.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10546361B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US15709397

    申请日:2017-09-19

    摘要: The present invention facilitates efficient and effective utilization of unified virtual addresses across multiple components. In one exemplary implementation, an address allocation process comprises: establishing space for managed pointers across a plurality of memories, including allocating one of the managed pointers with a first portion of memory associated with a first one of a plurality of processors; and performing a process of automatically managing accesses to the managed pointers across the plurality of processors and corresponding memories. The automated management can include ensuring consistent information associated with the managed pointers is copied from the first portion of memory to a second portion of memory associated with a second one of the plurality of processors based upon initiation of an accesses to the managed pointers from the second one of the plurality of processors.

    UNIFIED MEMORY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    24.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190147561A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16237010

    申请日:2018-12-31

    摘要: The present invention facilitates efficient and effective utilization of unified virtual addresses across multiple components. In one exemplary implementation, an address allocation process comprises: establishing space for managed pointers across a plurality of memories, including allocating one of the managed pointers with a first portion of memory associated with a first one of a plurality of processors; and performing a process of automatically managing accesses to the managed pointers across the plurality of processors and corresponding memories. The automated management can include ensuring consistent information associated with the managed pointers is copied from the first portion of memory to a second portion of memory associated with a second one of the plurality of processors based upon initiation of an accesses to the managed pointers from the second one of the plurality of processors.

    Opportunistic migration of memory pages in a unified virtual memory system

    公开(公告)号:US10133677B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US14133489

    申请日:2013-12-18

    摘要: Techniques are disclosed for transitioning a memory page between memories in a virtual memory subsystem. A unified virtual memory (UVM) driver detects a page fault in response to a memory access request associated with a first memory page, where a local page table does not include an entry corresponding to a virtual memory address included in the memory access request. The UVM driver, in response to the page fault, executes a page fault sequence. The page fault sequence includes modifying the ownership state associated with the first memory page to be central-processing-unit-shared. The page fault sequence further includes scheduling the first memory page for migration from a system memory associated with a central processing unit (CPU) to a local memory associated with a parallel processing unit (PPU). One advantage of the disclosed approach is that the PPU accesses memory pages with greater efficiency.