公开(公告)号：US09804883B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-31

申请号：US14542042

申请日：2014-11-14

Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Inventor： Marc S. Orr ,  Bradford M. Beckmann ,  Ayse Yilmazer ,  Shuai Che ,  David A. Wood ,  Mark D. Hill

IPC: G06F9/46 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/0871

CPC classification number: G06F9/46 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/0806 ,  G06F12/0871 ,  G06F2212/222 ,  G06F2212/313 ,  G06F2212/401

Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and method for remote scoped synchronization, which is a new semantic that allows a work-item to order memory accesses with a scope instance outside of its scope hierarchy. More precisely, remote synchronization expands visibility at a particular scope to all scope-instances encompassed by that scope. Remote scoped synchronization operation allows smaller scopes to be used more frequently and defers added cost to only when larger scoped synchronization is required. This enables programmers to optimize the scope that memory operations are performed at for important communication patterns like work stealing. Executing memory operations at the optimum scope reduces both execution time and energy. In particular, remote synchronization allows a work-item to communicate with a scope that it otherwise would not be able to access. Specifically, work-items can pull valid data from and push updates to scopes that do not (hierarchically) contain them.

公开(公告)号：US20170293499A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-12

申请号：US15094615

申请日：2016-04-08

Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Inventor： Shuai Che ,  Marc S. Orr

IPC: G06F9/455

CPC classification number: G06F9/4552

Abstract: A receiving node in a computer system that includes a plurality of types of execution units receives an active message from a sending node. The receiving node compiles an intermediate language message handler corresponding to the active message into a machine instruction set architecture (ISA) message handler and the receiver executes the ISA message handler on a selected one of the execution units. If the active message handler is not available at the receiver, the sender sends an intermediate language version of the message handler to the receiving node. The execution unit selected to execute the message handler is chosen based on a field in the active message or on runtime criteria in the receiving system.

公开(公告)号：US20160335064A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-17

申请号：US14709915

申请日：2015-05-12

Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Inventor： Shuai Che ,  Sudhanva Gurumurthi ,  Michael W. Boyer

IPC: G06F9/45 ,  G06F9/44

CPC classification number: G06F8/447 ,  G06F8/4434

Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for generating application code to be executed on an active storage device are presented. The parts of an application that can be executed on the active storage device are determined. The parts of the application that will not be executed on the active storage device are converted into code to be executed on a host device. The parts of the application that will be executed on the active storage device are converted into code of an instruction set architecture of a processor in the active storage device.

Abstract translation: 呈现用于生成要在活动存储设备上执行的应用代码的方法，系统和非暂时性计算机可读介质。 可以在活动存储设备上执行的应用程序的部分被确定。 将不会在活动存储设备上执行的应用程序的部分被转换为要在主机设备上执行的代码。 将在活动存储设备上执行的应用的部分被转换为主动存储设备中的处理器的指令集架构的代码。

公开(公告)号：US20150106587A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-16

申请号：US14055221

申请日：2013-10-16

Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Inventor： Shuai Che ,  Bradford Beckmann ,  Blake Hechtman

IPC: G06F12/10

CPC classification number: G06F12/1054 ,  G06F12/0207 ,  G06F12/0284 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F12/109 ,  G06F2212/251

Abstract: A processor remaps stored data and the corresponding memory addresses of the data for different processing units of a heterogeneous processor. The processor includes a data remap engine that changes the format of the data (that is, how the data is physically arranged in segments of memory) in response to a transfer of the data from system memory to a local memory hierarchy of an accelerated processing module (APM) of the processor. The APM's local memory hierarchy includes an address remap engine that remaps the memory addresses of the data at the local memory hierarchy so that the data can be accessed by routines at the APM that are unaware of the data remapping. By remapping the data, and the corresponding memory addresses, the APM can perform operations on the data more efficiently.

Abstract translation: 处理器重新映射异构处理器的不同处理单元的存储数据和相应的数据存储器地址。 处理器包括响应于数据从系统存储器传输到加速处理模块的本地存储器层级而改变数据格式（即，数据在存储器段中物理布置的方式）的数据重映射引擎 （APM）。 APM的本地存储器层次结构包括地址重映射引擎，其重映射本地存储器层级上的数据的存储器地址，使得可以通过APM的不知道数据重映射的例程来访问数据。 通过重新映射数据和相应的存储器地址，APM可以更有效地对数据执行操作。