Apparatus and method for dynamic provisioning, quality of service, and prioritization in a graphics processor
US10387992B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45591
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for dynamic provisioning, quality of service, and prioritization in a graphics processor. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises a graphics processing unit (GPU) comprising a plurality of graphics processing resources; slice configuration hardware logic to logically subdivide the graphics processing resources into a plurality of slices; and slice allocation hardware logic to allocate a designated number of slices to each virtual machine (VM) of a plurality of VMs running in a virtualized execution environment, the slice allocation hardware logic to allocate different numbers of slices to different VMs based on graphics processing requirements and/or priorities of each of the VMs.
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