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Nvidia patents method to move data ahead of time using task maps

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Nvidia describes a technique where a processor looks at a map of how a program uses data. It then copies that data from main memory into a faster, on-chip storage area before the program actually needs it.

Why it mattersThis is a low-level optimization that could make computer chips run slightly faster by reducing wait times, but it is a standard type of efficiency improvement rather than a new feature.

In the filing’s own words

Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are to transfer data based, at least in part, on a computational graph. In at least one embodiment, a processor causes a compiler to generate instructions to prefetch one or more data values from dynamic random access memory (DRAM) into an in-processor cache based, at least in part, on a computational graph.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. One or more processors, comprising: circuitry to, in response to an application programming interface (API) call: receive a computational graph representing one or more data dependencies, the one or more data dependencies indicating that one or more data values used by a first software instruction are to be used by a second software instruction; generate, based on the computational graph, one or more prefetch instructions; and cause, based on the one or more prefetch instructions, the one or more data values to be copied from a first storage location to a second storage location prior to execution of the second software instruction.

Facts

Company: Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
Official title: DATA TRANSFER TECHNIQUE
Publication number: US20260300182A1
Application number: 19697422
Filed: Jun 3, 2026
Published: Oct 1, 2026
Inventors: 7
Claims: 20

Classified under

G06F 12/0862 Physics & computingG06F 12/1072 Physics & computing

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