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Nvidia patents GPU feature that runs code only when conditions are met

Nvidia has been granted a patent for a software interface that allows graphics cards to check specific conditions and run certain tasks only if those conditions are true. This process happens directly on the graphics processor without needing the main computer chip to intervene.

Why it mattersThis could make graphics processing more efficient by letting the GPU handle simple decision-making on its own, reducing the workload on the main processor.

In the filing’s own words

Apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform an application programming interface (API) to indicate one or more graph code portions to be re-performed as a result of one or more graph code conditions being evaluated. In at least one embodiment, a GPU performs this evaluation without additional processing by a central processing unit (CPU).

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. One or more processors comprising: circuitry to, in response to an application programming interface (API) call, indicate one or more graph code portions to be re-performed as a result of one or more graph code conditions being evaluated, wherein the graph code portions are to be imported into a graph based, at least in part, on a conditional handle.

Facts

Company
Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
Official title
Conditional graph code capture application programming interface
Patent number
US12743740B1
Application number
18232282
Filed
Aug 9, 2023
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Inventors
7
Claims
20

Classified under

G06T 1/20 Physics & computingG06F 9/541 Physics & computing
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