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Nvidia patents code that tells graphics chips where to save data

Nvidia describes a software interface that lets programmers specify exactly where data should be saved in a computer's memory. This helps ensure information is stored on the specific hardware component, like a graphics processor, that will use it next.

Why it mattersIt is a technical improvement for software developers that helps computers manage data more efficiently, though it does not directly change how users interact with their devices.

In the filing’s own words

Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to store information within one or more non-uniform memory access (NUMA) storages. In at least one embodiment, one or more circuits are to perform an application programming interface (API) to cause information to be stored within one or more NUMA storages or one or more graphics processor unit (GPU) physical storages based, at least in part, on one or more indicators to be indicated by one or more users of the API.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. One or more processors, comprising: circuitry to: receive an application programming interface (API) call including one or more parameters indicating at least a virtual memory range and a non-uniform memory access (NUMA) node of one or more NUMA nodes; and in response to the API call, cause information stored using the virtual memory range to be stored to physical memory of the indicated NUMA node, the virtual memory range being accessible to the one or more NUMA nodes and one or more accelerators.

Facts

Company: Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
Official title: APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO STORE INFORMATION
Publication number: US20260278730A1
Application number: 19682202
Filed: May 19, 2026
Published: Sep 17, 2026
Inventors: 5
Claims: 20

Classified under

G06T 1/60 Physics & computingG06T 1/20 Physics & computing

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