Patents by Inventor Gregory P. Rodgers

Gregory P. Rodgers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Compiler-initiated tile replacement to enable hardware acceleration resources
    Patent number: 11853734
    Abstract: A processing system includes a compiler that automatically identifies sequences of instructions of tileable source code that can be replaced with tensor operations. The compiler generates enhanced code that replaces the identified sequences of instructions with tensor operations that invoke a special-purpose hardware accelerator. By automatically replacing instructions with tensor operations that invoke the special-purpose hardware accelerator, the compiler makes the performance improvements achievable through the special-purpose hardware accelerator available to programmers using high-level programming languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory P. Rodgers, Joseph L. Greathouse
  • COMPILER-INITIATED TILE REPLACEMENT TO ENABLE HARDWARE ACCELERATION RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20220269492
    Abstract: A processing system includes a compiler that automatically identifies sequences of instructions of tileable source code that can be replaced with tensor operations. The compiler generates enhanced code that replaces the identified sequences of instructions with tensor operations that invoke a special-purpose hardware accelerator. By automatically replacing instructions with tensor operations that invoke the special-purpose hardware accelerator, the compiler makes the performance improvements achievable through the special-purpose hardware accelerator available to programmers using high-level programming languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory P. RODGERS, Joseph L. GREATHOUSE
  • Compiler-initiated tile replacement to enable hardware acceleration resources
    Patent number: 11347486
    Abstract: A processing system includes a compiler that automatically identifies sequences of instructions of tileable source code that can be replaced with tensor operations. The compiler generates enhanced code that replaces the identified sequences of instructions with tensor operations that invoke a special-purpose hardware accelerator. By automatically replacing instructions with tensor operations that invoke the special-purpose hardware accelerator, the compiler makes the performance improvements achievable through the special-purpose hardware accelerator available to programmers using high-level programming languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory P. Rodgers, Joseph L. Greathouse
  • COMPILER-INITIATED TILE REPLACEMENT TO ENABLE HARDWARE ACCELERATION RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20210303284
    Abstract: A processing system includes a compiler that automatically identifies sequences of instructions of tileable source code that can be replaced with tensor operations. The compiler generates enhanced code that replaces the identified sequences of instructions with tensor operations that invoke a special-purpose hardware accelerator. By automatically replacing instructions with tensor operations that invoke the special-purpose hardware accelerator, the compiler makes the performance improvements achievable through the special-purpose hardware accelerator available to programmers using high-level programming languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory P. RODGERS, Joseph L. GREATHOUSE
  • Automatic source code generation for accelerated function calls
    Patent number: 9501269
    Abstract: A programming model for a processor accelerator allows accelerated functions to be called from a main program directly without a management API for the accelerator. A compiler automatically generates wrapper source code for each accelerator function called by the application source code. The wrapper code is compiled, together with the accelerator source code, to generate an object file that is linked to an object file for the main program. By automatically generating the wrapper code, a programmer can simply and directly invoke accelerator functions without the use of a complex management API. In addition, because the wrapper code for the accelerator is generated automatically, a standard compiler can be used to compile the main program, using standard linkage conventions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory P. Rodgers, Benjamin T. Sander, Shreyas Ramalingam
  • AUTOMATIC SOURCE CODE GENERATION FOR ACCELERATED FUNCTION CALLS
    Publication number: 20160092181
    Abstract: A programming model for a processor accelerator allows accelerated functions to be called from a main program directly without a management API for the accelerator. A compiler automatically generates wrapper source code for each accelerator function called by the application source code. The wrapper code is compiled, together with the accelerator source code, to generate an object file that is linked to an object file for the main program. By automatically generating the wrapper code, a programmer can simply and directly invoke accelerator functions without the use of a complex management API. In addition, because the wrapper code for the accelerator is generated automatically, a standard compiler can be used to compile the main program, using standard linkage conventions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory P. Rodgers, Benjamin T. Sander, Shreyas Ramalingam