Apparatus and method for speculative buffer reservations with cancellation mechanism
US10521877B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/005
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus, a method, a method of manufacturing and apparatus, and a method of constructing an integrated circuit are provided. The apparatus includes a reservation logic device that receives a plurality of primitive types in a data pipeline, wherein the plurality of primitive types includes a binning (BIN) primitive and a setup (SU) primitive; a combinatorial logic device connected to the reservation logic device; an allocation logic device connected to the combinatorial logic device; a plurality of BIN buffers connected to the reservation logic device and the allocation logic device; and a plurality of SU buffers connected to the reservation logic device and the allocation logic device, wherein the allocation logic device determines whether a primitive type is allocated to a BIN buffer or a SU buffer, wherein the reservation logic device requests a reservation of one of the plurality of BIN buffers and the plurality SU buffers based on a corresponding indication of available BIN buffers and available SU buffers and the primitive type.
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