Apparatus and method for intelligent resource provisioning for shadow structures
US10482567B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/302
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for intelligent resource provisioning for shadow structures. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: graphics processing unit (GPU) to process graphics commands and responsively render a plurality of image frames in a graphics memory address space; shadow structure management logic to reserve one or more shadow slots in the graphics memory address space in which to store shadow instances of different GPU contexts; and the shadow structure management logic to implement a partial shadowing policy for shadowing GPU contexts in the shadow slots, the partial shadowing policy based on characteristics of pages of the GPU contexts.
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