A Graphics Processor Unified Coloring Array Low Power Gated Clock

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of computer hardware, and discloses a low-power-consumption gated clock of a graphics processor unified dyeing array, comprising: a unified dyeing array module (1), a clock and power consumption control module (2) and a dyeing task scheduling unit ( 3); the unified dyeing array module (1) is composed of at least two dyer clusters, and is responsible for executing vertex or pixel dyeing programs in parallel; the clock and power consumption control module (2) is responsible for generating each function in the graphics processor The working clock of the module, and the clock gating function of each dyer cluster; the dyeing task scheduling unit (3) is responsible for scheduling the vertex and pixel dyeing tasks, and determines which dyer cluster a certain vertex or pixel dyeing program is on to process.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of computer hardware, in particular to a graphics processor unified dyeing array low-power consumption gate clock. Background technique [0002] With the continuous increase of graphics applications, the early solution of graphics rendering by CPU alone has been difficult to meet the graphics processing needs of performance and technology growth, and the graphics processing unit (Graphic Processing Unit, GPU) came into being. Since the release of the first GPU product by Nvidia in 1999, the development of GPU technology has mainly gone through the fixed-function pipeline stage, the stage of separating the dyer architecture, and the stage of unified dyer architecture. Rendering gradually extends to the field of general computing. The high-speed, parallel features and flexible programmability of the GPU pipeline provide a good operating platform for graphics processing and general parallel computing. [0003...

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[0003] At present, there is no GPU based on a unified dyeing architecture in my country, and a large number of commercial GPU chips imported from abroad are used in display control systems in various fields.

Especially in the military field, foreign imported commercial GPU chips have poor temperature and environmental adaptability, cannot guarantee that the circuit itself or supporting software has no "back door", contains a large number of redundant functional units that are not needed in the military field, and the power consumption index cannot meet the requirements. Commercial GPU chips are updated quickly, facing production stoppages and outages at any time, making it difficult to meet defects such as continuous support of weapons and equipment, and there are major hidden dangers in terms of safety, reliability, and support.

Moreover, due to political, military, economic and other reasons, foreign countries have implemented technology "blockade" and product "monopoly" on my country, making it difficult to obtain the underlying technical information of GPU chips, such as register information, detailed internal micro-architecture, core software source code, etc., resulting in GPU functions and performance cannot be fully utilized, and the portability is poor; the above problems seriously restrict the independent research and development of display systems in my country

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