US 11,710,207 B2
Wave throttling based on a parameter buffer
Christopher J. Brennan, Boxborough, MA (US); and Nishank Pathak, Orlando, FL (US)
Assigned to Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,050.
Prior Publication US 2022/0318944 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 1/20 (2013.01) [G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 9/544 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a first shader configured to generate first wave groups;
a shader processor input (SPI) configured to launch the first wave groups; and
a scan converter configured to generate second waves based on results of processing the first wave groups in at least one second shader, wherein the first wave groups are selectively throttled based on a comparison of in-flight first wave groups and second waves pending execution on the at least one second shader.