Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
Method and processing apparatus for gating redundant threads
Described is a method and processing apparatus to improve power efficiency by gating redundant threads processing. In particular, the method for gating redundant threads in a graphics processor includes determining if data for a thread and data for at least another thread are within a predetermined similarity threshold, gating execution of the at least another thread if the data for the thread and the data for the at least another thread are within the predetermined similarity threshold, and using an output data from the thread as an output data for the at least another thread.
ATI Technologies ULC Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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YunXiao Jiasheng QingCheng Syed Zohaib M. Timour T. Bin Michael
Zou Chen Wang Gilani Paltashev He Mantor