Read-write page replication for multiple compute units
Granted: April 11, 2023
Patent Number:
11625279
In general, an application executes on a compute unit, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or graphics processing unit (GPU), to perform some function(s). In some circumstances, improved performance of an application, such as a graphics application, may be provided by executing the application across multiple compute units. However, when using multiple compute units in this manner, synchronization must be provided between the compute units. Synchronization, including the sharing of…
Applications of and techniques for quickly computing a modulo operation by a Mersenne or a Fermat number
Granted: April 11, 2023
Patent Number:
11625225
Various embodiments include a modulo operation generator associated with a cache memory in a computer-based system. The modulo operation generator generates a first sum by performing an addition and/or a subtraction function on an input address. A first portion of the first sum is applied to a lookup table that generates a correction value. The correction value is then added to a second portion of the first sum to generate a second sum. The second sum is adjusted, as needed, to be less…
Calibration of multiple lidars mounted on a vehicle using localization based on a high definition map
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11619724
According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may comprise (a) accessing a portion of a high definition (HD) map comprising a point cloud of a region through which a vehicle is driving, (b) identifying a base LIDAR from a plurality of LIDARs mounted on the vehicle, (c) for each of the LIDARs: receiving a LIDAR scan comprising a point cloud of the region, and determining a pose for the LIDAR, (d) for each LIDAR other than the base LIDAR, determining a transform for the LIDAR with…
Smoothing regularization for a generative neural network
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11620521
A style-based generative network architecture enables scale-specific control of synthesized output data, such as images. During training, the style-based generative neural network (generator neural network) includes a mapping network and a synthesis network. During prediction, the mapping network may be omitted, replicated, or evaluated several times. The synthesis network may be used to generate highly varied, high-quality output data with a wide variety of attributes. For example, when…
Barrierless and fenceless shared memory synchronization with write flag toggling
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11620169
When communicating through shared memory, a producer thread generates a value that is written to a location in a shared memory. The value is read from the shared memory by a consumer thread. The challenge is to ensure that the consumer thread reads the location only after the value is written and is thereby synchronized. When a memory location is written by a producer thread, a flag that is simultaneously stored in the memory location along with the value is toggled. The consumer thread…
Calibration of multiple lidars mounted on a vehicle using localization based on a high definition map
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11619724
According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may comprise (a) accessing a portion of a high definition (HD) map comprising a point cloud of a region through which a vehicle is driving, (b) identifying a base LIDAR from a plurality of LIDARs mounted on the vehicle, (c) for each of the LIDARs: receiving a LIDAR scan comprising a point cloud of the region, and determining a pose for the LIDAR, (d) for each LIDAR other than the base LIDAR, determining a transform for the LIDAR with…
On-die techniques for converting currents to frequencies
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11619661
In various embodiments, a current measurement circuit measures an input current within an integrated circuit. The current measurement circuit includes an integration capacitor, an operational amplifier, a comparison capacitor, an inverter, and multiple switches. The current measurement circuit is coupled to a clocking circuit that, during operation, generates a two-phase clock having a frequency that is proportional to the input current. At least a portion of the switches are turned on…
Automatically generated enhanced activity and event summaries for gameplay sessions
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11617951
A game summary may be produced using an event log of in-game events and corresponding game content based on game data associated with a gameplay session(s). The event log may include metadata that indicates times of in-game events and associations between in-game events and game content items that capture the in-game events. A user may interact with in-game events with temporal context, allowing for more informed selections and a better understanding of the gameplay session. Using the…
Smoothing regularization for a generative neural network
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11620521
A style-based generative network architecture enables scale-specific control of synthesized output data, such as images. During training, the style-based generative neural network (generator neural network) includes a mapping network and a synthesis network. During prediction, the mapping network may be omitted, replicated, or evaluated several times. The synthesis network may be used to generate highly varied, high-quality output data with a wide variety of attributes. For example, when…
Barrierless and fenceless shared memory synchronization with write flag toggling
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11620169
When communicating through shared memory, a producer thread generates a value that is written to a location in a shared memory. The value is read from the shared memory by a consumer thread. The challenge is to ensure that the consumer thread reads the location only after the value is written and is thereby synchronized. When a memory location is written by a producer thread, a flag that is simultaneously stored in the memory location along with the value is toggled. The consumer thread…
On-die techniques for converting currents to frequencies
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11619661
In various embodiments, a current measurement circuit measures an input current within an integrated circuit. The current measurement circuit includes an integration capacitor, an operational amplifier, a comparison capacitor, an inverter, and multiple switches. The current measurement circuit is coupled to a clocking circuit that, during operation, generates a two-phase clock having a frequency that is proportional to the input current. At least a portion of the switches are turned on…
Automatically generated enhanced activity and event summaries for gameplay sessions
Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number:
11617951
A game summary may be produced using an event log of in-game events and corresponding game content based on game data associated with a gameplay session(s). The event log may include metadata that indicates times of in-game events and associations between in-game events and game content items that capture the in-game events. A user may interact with in-game events with temporal context, allowing for more informed selections and a better understanding of the gameplay session. Using the…
Face-to-face dies with a void for enhanced inductor performance
Granted: March 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11616023
In accordance with the disclosure, an inductor may be formed over a semiconductor substrate of one or both dies in a face-to-face die arrangement while reducing the parasitic capacitance between the inductor and the adjacent die. In disclosed embodiments, a semiconductor device may include a void (e.g., an air gap) between the inductor and the adjacent die to reduce the parasitic capacitance between the inductor and the adjacent die. The void may be formed in the die that includes the…
Semiconductor assembly
Granted: March 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11616019
A semiconductor assembly is described that includes a substrate having top and bottom sides. An integrated circuit die coupled to the substrate includes first and second distinct sets of ground pads. In some embodiments, the first and second sets of ground pads are configured to have distinct ground return paths to a host system. In further embodiments, one of the ground return paths may include a metal plate coupled between ground contacts on the top side of the substrate and ground…
Appearance-driven automatic three-dimensional modeling
Granted: March 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11615602
Appearance driven automatic three-dimensional (3D) modeling enables optimization of a 3D model comprising the shape and appearance of a particular 3D scene or object. Triangle meshes and shading models may be jointly optimized to match the appearance of a reference 3D model based on reference images of the reference 3D model. Compared with the reference 3D model, the optimized 3D model is a lower resolution 3D model that can be rendered in less time. More specifically, the optimized 3D…
Automatic high beam control for autonomous machine applications
Granted: March 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11613201
In various examples, high beam control for vehicles may be automated using a deep neural network (DNN) that processes sensor data received from vehicle sensors. The DNN may process the sensor data to output pixel-level semantic segmentation masks in order to differentiate actionable objects (e.g., vehicles with front or back lights lit, bicyclists, or pedestrians) from other objects (e.g., parked vehicles). Resulting segmentation masks output by the DNN(s), when combined with one or more…
Techniques for generating a system cache partitioning policy
Granted: March 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11609860
In various embodiments, a computing system includes, for example, a plurality of processing units that share access to a system cache. A cache management application receives, for example, resource savings information for each processing unit. The resource savings information indicates, for example, amounts of a resource (e.g., power) that are saved when different units of the system cache are allocated to a processing unit. The cache management application determines, for example, the…
Learning to generate synthetic datasets for training neural networks
Granted: March 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11610115
In various examples, a generative model is used to synthesize datasets for use in training a downstream machine learning model to perform an associated task. The synthesized datasets may be generated by sampling a scene graph from a scene grammar—such as a probabilistic grammar—and applying the scene graph to the generative model to compute updated scene graphs more representative of object attribute distributions of real-world datasets. The downstream machine learning model may be…
Concurrent hash map updates
Granted: March 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11609899
Approaches in accordance with various embodiments can perform spatial hash map updates while ensuring the atomicity of the updates for arbitrary data structures. A hash map can be generated for a dataset where entries in the hash map may correspond to multiple independent values, such as pixels of an image to be rendered. Update requests for independent values may be received on multiple concurrent threads, but change requests for independent values corresponding to a hash map entry can…
Techniques for configuring parallel processors for different application domains
Granted: March 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11609879
In various embodiments, a parallel processor includes a parallel processor module implemented within a first die and a memory system module implemented within a second die. The memory system module is coupled to the parallel processor module via an on-package link. The parallel processor module includes multiple processor cores and multiple cache memories. The memory system module includes a memory controller for accessing a DRAM. Advantageously, the performance of the parallel processor…
