Patent ID: 11875425
Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A graphics processing unit (GPU) for implementing heterogeneous wavefronts, the GPU comprising:
a workgroup manager; and
a compute unit;
the workgroup manager comprising logic configured to assign heterogeneous wavefronts for execution on the compute unit, wherein each of the heterogeneous wavefronts includes a plurality of work items; and
the compute unit comprising logic configured to concurrently execute distinct sets of instructions for two or more different heterogeneous wavefronts on the compute unit, wherein an execution slot in a scheduling queue of the compute unit occupied by a particular wavefront of the two or more different heterogeneous wavefronts includes an identification of a wavefront type of the particular wavefront.