DEVICE DISCOVERY AND TOPOLOGY REPORTING IN A COMBINED CPU/GPU ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM

摘要

Methods and apparatus are provided as an aspect of a combined CPU/ APD architecture system for discovering and reporting properties of devices and system topology that are relevant to efficiently scheduling and distributing computational tasks to the various computational resources of a combined CPU/ APD architecture system. The combined CPU/ APD architecture unifies CPUs and APDs in a flexible computing environment. In some embodiments the combined CPU/ APD architecture capabilities are implemented in a single integrated circuit elements of which can include one or more CPU cores and one or more APD cores. The combined CPU/APD architecture creates a foundation upon which existing and new programming frameworks languages and tools can be constructed.