Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate compute optimization is disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more processing units to provide a first set of shader operations associated with a shader stage of a graphics pipeline, a scheduler to schedule shader threads for processing, and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) dynamically configured to provide a second set of shader operations associated with the shader stage of the graphics pipeline.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate compute optimization is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing units each comprising a plurality of processing cores of a first type and a second type. A first set of processing cores of a first type perform multi-dimensional matrix operations and a second set of processing cores of a second type perform general purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) operations.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for avoiding cache lookup for cold cache. In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to collect user information for a user of a data processing device, generate a user profile for the user of the data processing device from the user information, and set a power profile a processor in the data processing device using the user profile. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for provision of low power foveated rendering to save power on GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and/or display are described. In various embodiment, brightness/contrast, color intensity, and/or compression ratio applied to pixels in a fovea region are different than those applied in regions surrounding the fovea region. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A control surface tracks an individual cacheline in the original surface for frequent data values. If so, control surface bits are set. When reading a cacheline from memory, first the control surface bits are read. If they happen to be set, then the original memory read is skipped altogether and instead the bits from the control surface provide the value for the entire cacheline.

Abstract: A hybrid hierarchical cache is implemented at the same level in the access pipeline, to get the faster access behavior of a smaller cache and, at the same time, a higher hit rate at lower power for a larger cache, in some embodiments. A split cache at the same level in the access pipeline includes two caches that work together. In the hybrid, split, low level cache (e.g., L1) evictions are coordinated locally between the two L1 portions, and on a miss to both L1 portions, a line is allocated from a larger L2 cache to the smallest L1 cache.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate compute optimization is disclosed. The apparatus includes a memory device including a first integrated circuit (IC) including a plurality of memory channels and a second IC including a plurality of processing units, each coupled to a memory channel in the plurality of memory channels.

Abstract: By predicting future memory subsystem request behavior based on live memory subsystem usage history collection, a preferred setting for handling predicted upcoming request behavior may be generated and used to dynamically reconfigure the memory subsystem. This mechanism can be done continuously and in real time during to ensure active tracking of system behavior.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor includes: a graphics processor to execute a workload; and a power controller coupled to the graphics processor. The power controller may include a voltage ramp circuit to receive a request for the graphics processor to operate at a first performance state having a first operating voltage and a first operating frequency and cause an output voltage of a voltage regulator to increase to the first operating voltage. The voltage ramp circuit may be configured to enable the graphics processor to execute the workload at an interim performance state having an interim operating voltage and an interim operating frequency when the output voltage reaches a minimum operating voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate compute optimization is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing units each comprising a plurality of processing cores of a first type and a second type. A first set of processing cores of a first type perform multi-dimensional matrix operations and a second set of processing cores of a second type perform general purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) operations.

Abstract: In an example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of execution units comprising at least a first type of execution unit and a second type of execution unit and logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to analyze a workload and assign the workload to one of the first type of execution unit or the second type of execution unit. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for provision of low power foveated rendering to save power on GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and/or display are described. In various embodiment, brightness/contrast, color intensity, and/or compression ratio applied to pixels in a fovea region are different than those applied in regions surrounding the fovea region. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a processor, memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a collaboration engine communicatively coupled to the processor to identify a shared graphics component between two or more users in an environment, and share the shared graphics components with the two or more users in the environment. Embodiments of the collaboration engine may include one or more of a centralized sharer, a depth sharer, a shared preprocessor, a multi-port graphics subsystem, and a decode sharer. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for avoiding cache lookup for cold cache. In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to collect user information for a user of a data processing device, generate a user profile for the user of the data processing device from the user information, and set a power profile a processor in the data processing device using the user profile. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate compute optimization is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing units each comprising a plurality of execution units (EUs), wherein the plurality of EUs comprise a first EU type and a second EU type.

Abstract: By predicting future memory subsystem request behavior based on live memory subsystem usage history collection, a preferred setting for handling predicted upcoming request behavior may be generated and used to dynamically reconfigure the memory subsystem. This mechanism can be done continuously and in real time during to ensure active tracking of system behavior.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for shutting down one or more GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) components in response to unchanged scene detection are described. In one embodiment, one or more components of a processor enter a low power consumption state in response to a determination that a scene to be displayed is static. The static scene is displayed on a display device (e.g., based on information to be retrieved from memory) for as long as no change to the static scene is detected. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A control surface tracks an individual cacheline in the original surface for frequent data values. If so, control surface bits are set. When reading a cacheline from memory, first the control surface bits are read. If they happen to be set, then the original memory read is skipped altogether and instead the bits from the control surface provide the value for the entire cacheline.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a processor, memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a collaboration engine communicatively coupled to the processor to identify a shared graphics component between two or more users in an environment, and share the shared graphics components with the two or more users in the environment. Embodiments of the collaboration engine may include one or more of a centralized sharer, a depth sharer, a shared preprocessor, a multi-port graphics subsystem, and a decode sharer. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a separate pipe is used in graphics processor for handling accesses, namely reads, to read only (RO) surfaces within caches. Moreover, the caches may have defined read only section and defined read write (RW) sections. The read only section may be accessed through a dedicated read only pipe and the read write section may be accessed through a read write pipe for those surfaces that can also be written. Thus, the read only sections are handled in a read only fashion without the need to accommodate writes.