Transparent and remote kernel execution in a heterogeneous computing system

    公开(公告)号:US12204940B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-21

    申请号:US17648172

    申请日:2022-01-17

    Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.

    Abstract: Remote kernel execution in a heterogeneous computing system can include executing, using a device processor of a device communicatively linked to a host processor, a device runtime and receiving from the host processor within a hardware submission queue of the device, a command. The command requests execution of a software kernel and specifies a descriptor stored in a region of a memory of the device shared with the host processor. In response to receiving the command, the device runtime, as executed by the device processor, invokes a runner program associated with the software kernel. The runner program can map a physical address of the descriptor to a virtual memory address corresponding to the descriptor that is usable by the software kernel. The runner program can execute the software kernel. The software kernel can access data specified by the descriptor using the virtual memory address as provided by the runner program.

    TRANSPARENT AND REMOTE KERNEL EXECUTION IN A HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230229497A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17648172

    申请日:2022-01-17

    Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.

    Abstract: Remote kernel execution in a heterogeneous computing system can include executing, using a device processor of a device communicatively linked to a host processor, a device runtime and receiving from the host processor within a hardware submission queue of the device, a command. The command requests execution of a software kernel and specifies a descriptor stored in a region of a memory of the device shared with the host processor. In response to receiving the command, the device runtime, as executed by the device processor, invokes a runner program associated with the software kernel. The runner program can map a physical address of the descriptor to a virtual memory address corresponding to the descriptor that is usable by the software kernel. The runner program can execute the software kernel. The software kernel can access data specified by the descriptor using the virtual memory address as provided by the runner program.

    Updating firmware for programmable integrated circuits in computing environments

    公开(公告)号:US10922068B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16186204

    申请日:2018-11-09

    Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.

    Abstract: Updating firmware in an programmable integrated circuit (IC) includes determining, using a processor of a computer, a base address register (BAR) of an accelerator card from a device data file, wherein the accelerator card includes a programmable IC and is connected to the computer via a communication bus, mapping, using the processor, a feature PROM and a flash programmer circuit of the programmable IC to local memory of the computer using the BAR, and reading, over the communication bus, the feature PROM on the programmable IC to determine a programming mode for programming an external flash memory coupled to the flash programmer circuit. Based on the programming mode and using the processor, firmware is provided to the flash programmer circuit on the programmable IC via the communication bus. The flash programmer circuit is configured to program the firmware into the external flash memory.

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