Patents by Inventor Damyan Jonathan PEPPER

Damyan Jonathan PEPPER 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).

  • Patent number: 11100041
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to indicating resource utilization by a graphics processing unit (GPU). Data indicating a hierarchy of architectural units for executing processing threads on a GPU can be obtained. An indication of a slot assigned to a collection of threads for executing on the GPU can be received, where the slot is associated with a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) module capable of concurrently executing multiple collections of threads. An architectural unit to which the slot is assigned can be determined based on the data indicating the hierarchy of architectural units. An indication of the architectural unit as executing the collection of threads can be outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Damyan Jonathan Pepper, Shawn Lee Hargreaves
  • Publication number: 20190278742
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to indicating resource utilization by a graphics processing unit (GPU). Data indicating a hierarchy of architectural units for executing processing threads on a GPU can be obtained. An indication of a slot assigned to a collection of threads for executing on the GPU can be received, where the slot is associated with a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) module capable of concurrently executing multiple collections of threads. An architectural unit to which the slot is assigned can be determined based on the data indicating the hierarchy of architectural units. An indication of the architectural unit as executing the collection of threads can be outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Damyan Jonathan PEPPER, Shawn Lee HARGREAVES