Patent ID: 9207936
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a graphic processor unit, the method comprising: detecting from a program code a code area that instructs a load/store unit to load data stored in a plurality of rows of a memory to at least one register of a register file using a scheduler; and loading, using the load/store unit, data to the at least one register of the register file in response to at least one instruction corresponding to the code area, wherein the at least one instruction comprises second and third instructions, wherein the second instruction instructs the load/store unit to write control information in a control register of the at least one register of the register file and the control information includes at least mask bits designating selected rows of the memory that store data to be loaded from the plurality of rows of the memory to the at least one register of the register file, a span field representing a relationship of the plurality of rows of the memory to each other and a stride field, and wherein the third instruction instructs the load/store unit to store the data sequentially from a row of the memory corresponding to an address written in a base register of the at least one register of the register file to a first register of the at least one register of the register file as a starting register, according to the control information.