Hardware accelerated dynamic work creation on a graphics processing unit

Patent · 30 March 2021

OSTI ID:1805681

Gutierrez, Anthony; Puthoor, Sooraj

A processor core is configured to execute a parent task that is described by a data structure stored in a memory. A coprocessor is configured to dispatch a child task to the at least one processor core in response to the coprocessor receiving a request from the parent task concurrently with the parent task executing on the at least one processor core. In some cases, the parent task registers the child task in a task pool and the child task is a future task that is configured to monitor a completion object and enqueue another task associated with the future task in response to detecting the completion object. The future task is configured to self-enqueue by adding a continuation future task to a continuation queue for subsequent execution in response to the future task failing to detect the completion object.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 10,963,299
• Application Number: 16/134,695
• OSTI ID: 1805681
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English