Nvidia patents software tool to reshape data for faster processing
Nvidia has been granted a patent for a software interface that helps computer chips change the shape of data blocks called tensors. The system allows the chip to start this reshaping process and move on to other tasks without waiting for the data to be fully saved.
In the filing’s own words
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to cause a first tensor to be translated into a second tensor according to a tensor map. In at least one embodiment, one or more circuits are to perform an application programming interface (API) to cause a first tensor to be translated into a second tensor according to a tensor map.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. One or more processors, comprising: circuitry to, in response to receiving an application programming interface (API) call that indicates a first tensor and tensor map, cause a thread to initiate a transformation of the first tensor to be translated into a second tensor according to the tensor map, the first tensor and the second tensor having different tensor layouts, wherein the circuitry is to cause the second tensor to be asynchronously stored such that the thread is permitted to perform other operations before storage of the second tensor is complete.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- Application programming interface to translate a tensor
- Patent number
- US12748593B2
- Application number
- 18086464
- Filed
- Dec 21, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 13
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 9/30047 Physics & computingG06F 12/0862 Physics & computingG06T 1/20 Physics & computingG06F 3/0625 Physics & computingG06F 17/16 Physics & computingG06F 2212/608 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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