OPTIMIZATION OF COMPUTER HARDWARE RESOURCE USAGE WHEN PROCESSING VARIABLE PRECISION DATA
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORP
- Filing Date
- 2014-08-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-03
AI Technical Summary
Data processing systems using a combination of 32-bit GPUs and 64-bit CPUs experience performance issues due to the need for additional memory allocations and data conversions when handling variable-precision floating-point data, leading to reduced system resource utilization and increased execution time.
A method to dynamically select between CPU and GPU processing units based on the precision level of individual data objects, optimizing hardware resource utilization by leveraging the GPU's capabilities for lower-precision operations while minimizing data precision loss.
This approach enhances computational efficiency by reducing unnecessary CPU processing, freeing up resources, and minimizing data reprocessing, thereby improving application performance and reducing memory and bandwidth requirements.