Multicore processor with each core having independent floating point datapath and integer datapath

US12411695B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall · Chandler, US
• Barath Lakshmanan · Chandler, US
• Tatiana Shpeisman · Menlo Park, US
• Joydeep Ray · Folsom, US
• Ping T. Tang · Edison, US
• Michael S. Strickland · Sunnyvale, US
• Xiaoming Chen · Xi'an, CN
• Anbang Yao · Beijing, CN
• Ben J. Ashbaugh · Folsom, US
• Linda L. Hurd · Auburn Lake Trails, US
• Liwei Ma · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2023
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2025
• Expiry date: May 4, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D10/00
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is a general-purpose graphics processing unit including a multiprocessor having a single instruction, multiple thread, SIMT, architecture. The multiprocessor comprises multiple sets of compute units each having a first logic unit configured to perform floating-point operations and a second logic unit configured to perform integer operations, with a thread of the floating-point instruction being executed in parallel with a thread of the integer instruction.