Free form expression accelerator with thread length-based thread assignment to clustered soft processor cores that share a functional circuit

US10606651B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Douglas C. Burger · Bellevue, US
• Stephen F. Heil · West Chester, US
• Sitaram V. Lanka · Mercer Island, US
• Andrew R. Putnam · Seattle, US
• Aaron L. Smith · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2209/5015
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A hardware acceleration component is provided that includes a plurality of hardware clusters, each hardware cluster comprising a plurality of soft processor cores and a functional circuit. The plurality of soft processor cores share the functional circuit.