Software only intra-compute unit redundant multithreading for GPUs

US9367372B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9367372-B2
Application numberUS-201313920574-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 18, 2013
Priority dateJun 18, 2013
Publication dateJun 14, 2016
Grant dateJun 14, 2016

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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.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system comprising: a processor including a plurality of compute units, each compute unit including a plurality of processing elements that is associated with that respective compute unit, each of the plurality of processing elements including a respective private memory that is associated exclusively with that processing element, configured to perform operations comprising: executing a first work-item on a first processing element and a second work-item…

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What does patent US9367372B2 cover?
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…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F11/00. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 14 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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