Unconditional, E.g., Indirect Jump (epo) Patents (Class 712/E9.076)
  • Indirect function call instructions in a synchronous parallel thread processor
    Patent number: 8312254
    Abstract: An indirect branch instruction takes an address register as an argument in order to provide indirect function call capability for single-instruction multiple-thread (SIMT) processor architectures. The indirect branch instruction is used to implement indirect function calls, virtual function calls, and switch statements to improve processing performance compared with using sequential chains of tests and branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Brett W. Coon, John R. Nickolls, Lars Nyland, Peter C. Mills, John Erik Lindholm