Dynamic work partitioning on heterogeneous processing devices
US9645854B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system and article of manufacture for balancing a workload on heterogeneous processing devices. The method comprising accessing a memory storage of a processor of one type by a dequeuing entity associated with a processor of a different type, identifying a task from a plurality of tasks within the memory that can be processed by the processor of the different type, synchronizing a plurality of dequeuing entities capable of accessing the memory storage, and dequeuing the task form the memory storage.
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