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System and method for compiler support for kernel launches in device code

US10025643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NVIDIA Corporation · US

Inventors

Vinod Grover · Mercer Island, US
Jaydeep Marathe · Santa Clara, US
Sean Lee · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 7, 2013
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/4843
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for compiling source code (e.g., with a compiler). The method includes accessing a portion of device source code and determining whether the portion of the device source code comprises a piece of work to be launched on a device from the device. The method further includes determining a plurality of application programming interface (API) calls based on the piece of work to be launched on the device and generating compiled code based on the plurality of API calls. The compiled code comprises a first portion operable to execute on a central processing unit (CPU) and a second portion operable to execute on the device (e.g., GPU).

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