Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Tuckey

Jeffrey Tuckey 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: 11307903
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for allocating execution resources to groups of threads within a graphics processing unit. A compute work distributor included in the graphics processing unit receives an indication from a process that a first group of threads is to be launched. The compute work distributor determines that a first subcontext associated with the process has at least one processor credit. In some embodiments, CTAs may be launched even when there are no processor credits, if one of the TPCs that was already acquired has sufficient space. The compute work distributor identifies a first processor included in a plurality of processors that has a processing load that is less than or equal to the processor loads associated with all other processors included in the plurality of processors. The compute work distributor launches the first group of threads to execute on the first processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Luke Durant, Ramon Matas Navarro, Alan Menezes, Jeffrey Tuckey, Gentaro Hirota, Brian Pharris
  • Patent number: 10817338
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for allocating execution resources to groups of threads within a graphics processing unit. A compute work distributor included in the graphics processing unit receives an indication from a process that a first group of threads is to be launched. The compute work distributor determines that a first subcontext associated with the process has at least one processor credit. In some embodiments, CTAs may be launched even when there are no processor credits, if one of the TPCs that was already acquired has sufficient space. The compute work distributor identifies a first processor included in a plurality of processors that has a processing load that is less than or equal to the processor loads associated with all other processors included in the plurality of processors. The compute work distributor launches the first group of threads to execute on the first processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Luke Durant, Ramon Matas Navarro, Alan Menezes, Jeffrey Tuckey, Gentaro Hirota, Brian Pharris
  • Publication number: 20190235928
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for allocating execution resources to groups of threads within a graphics processing unit. A compute work distributor included in the graphics processing unit receives an indication from a process that a first group of threads is to be launched. The compute work distributor determines that a first subcontext associated with the process has at least one processor credit. In some embodiments, CTAs may be launched even when there are no processor credits, if one of the TPCs that was already acquired has sufficient space. The compute work distributor identifies a first processor included in a plurality of processors that has a processing load that is less than or equal to the processor loads associated with all other processors included in the plurality of processors. The compute work distributor launches the first group of threads to execute on the first processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Jerome F. Duluk, JR., Luke Durant, Ramon Matas Navarro, Alan Menezes, Jeffrey Tuckey, Gentaro Hirota, Brian Pharris
  • Publication number: 20190235924
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for allocating execution resources to groups of threads within a graphics processing unit. A compute work distributor included in the graphics processing unit receives an indication from a process that a first group of threads is to be launched. The compute work distributor determines that a first subcontext associated with the process has at least one processor credit. In some embodiments, CTAs may be launched even when there are no processor credits, if one of the TPCs that was already acquired has sufficient space. The compute work distributor identifies a first processor included in a plurality of processors that has a processing load that is less than or equal to the processor loads associated with all other processors included in the plurality of processors. The compute work distributor launches the first group of threads to execute on the first processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Luke Durant, Ramon Matas Navarro, Alan Menezes, Jeffrey Tuckey, Gentaro Hirota, Brian Pharris