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Title: Software only intra-compute unit redundant multithreading for GPUs

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product to execute a first and a second work-item, and compare the signature variable of the first work-item to the signature variable of the second work-item. The first and the second work-items are mapped to an identifier via software. This mapping ensures that the first and second work-items execute exactly the same data for exactly the same code without changes to the underlying hardware. By executing the first and second work-items independently, the underlying computation of the first and second work-item can be verified. Moreover, system performance is not substantially affected because the execution results of the first and second work-items are compared only at specified comparison points.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1531913
Patent Number(s):
9367372
Application Number:
13/920,574
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; B600716
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013-06-18
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Lyashevsky, Alexander, Gurumurthi, Sudhanva, and Sridharan, Vilas. Software only intra-compute unit redundant multithreading for GPUs. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Lyashevsky, Alexander, Gurumurthi, Sudhanva, & Sridharan, Vilas. Software only intra-compute unit redundant multithreading for GPUs. United States.
Lyashevsky, Alexander, Gurumurthi, Sudhanva, and Sridharan, Vilas. Tue . "Software only intra-compute unit redundant multithreading for GPUs". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531913.
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