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Object oriented programming model for graphics processing units (GPUS)

US10761821B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Markus Eble · Stuttgart, DE
Torsten Ihben · Walldorf, DE
Klaus Kretzschmar · Zürich, CH
Matthias Liedtke · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2019
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2209/509
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Implementations of the present disclosure include receiving object-oriented source code including a set of kernel functions and a set of invocations, each invocation invoking one or more kernel functions, each kernel function being marked within the source code as being GPU-enabled and referencing a information object and a grid configuration object, the grid information object defining a number of threads for executing the kernel function within the GPU, and the grid configuration object defining a configuration of threads for executing the kernel function within the GPU, the source code capable of being compiled to one of binary code that is executable by a CPU and binary code that is executable by a GPU without modification, compiling the object-oriented source code to provide binary code that is executable by a GPU, and executing the binary code using the GPU to execute the kernel function within an in-memory database system.

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