Instruction-level context switch in SIMD processor

• Main Authors: Jeffrey T Brady, Benjiman L Goodman, Anjana Rajendran, Jeffrey A Lohman, Brian K Reynolds, Terence M. Potter
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.11.2022
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

Techniques are disclosed relating to context switching in a SIMD processor. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes pipeline circuitry configured to execute graphics instructions included in threads of a group of single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) threads in a thread group. In some embodimen...