High performance constant cache and constant access mechanisms

A computer system comprising:

• a graphics processing unit including
• a graphics processor having a number of execution instances to generate requests for constant data;
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• a constant cache to store multiple constant types including bindless, stateless constants not bound to a specific storage location and not having a specific state defined, wherein the constant cache has a single level of hierarchy to store the constant data, wherein the constant cache has a banking structure based on the number of execution instances, and wherein the execution instances are to generate requests for the constant data with unified messaging having a single type of data referencing for the multiple constant types;
• and
• a central processing unit to execute a graphics driver including a compiler to compile a graphics application for execution on the graphics processing unit.