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US 2013/0159771 A1Published application
Accelerated Processing Unit Debugging Using a Graphics Processing Unit Centric Debug Core
AssigneeATI Technologies ULC
InventorNavin Patel
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Abstract
An Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) comprising a central processing unit (CPU) core portion and a graphics processing unit (GPU) core portion coupled to the CPU core portion. The GPU core portion includes a GPU core and a dedicated GPU debugging core, the dedicated GPU debugging core enabling performance of GPU centric debug functions.
Claims24
A method for providing enhanced debugging capabilities comprising:
- providing a graphics processing unit (GPU) core with a dedicated GPU debugging core;
- and,
- using the dedicated GPU debugging core to perform GPU centric debug functions.
An apparatus for providing enhanced debugging capabilities comprising:
- a graphics processing unit (GPU) core portion, the GPU core portion comprising a GPU core and a dedicated GPU debugging core, the dedicated GPU debugging core enabling performance of GPU centric debug functions.
An Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) comprising:
- a central processing unit (CPU) core portion;
- a graphics processing unit (GPU) core portion coupled to the CPU core portion, the GPU core portion comprising a GPU core and a dedicated GPU debugging core, the dedicated GPU debugging core enabling performance of GPU centric debug functions.
A computer readable media, the computer readable media comprising instructions for:
- providing a graphics processing unit (GPU) core with a dedicated GPU debugging core;
- and,
- using the dedicated GPU debugging core to perform GPU centric debug functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.