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future-arch [2013/02/06 01:09]
morr created
future-arch [2013/02/10 11:55] (current)
jthestness Remove the proposed GPGPU-Sim interface
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-Future gem5-gpu Software Architecture Vision: +===== Future gem5-gpu Software Architecture Vision ===== 
-    Here is a diagram of the future gem5-gpu software architecture.+Here is a diagram of the future gem5-gpu software architecture.
  
-    In order to more clearly define and connect GPU hardware with specific gem5-gpu programming constructs, we plan to move much of the functionality currently held in the CudaGPU out to a CudaContext classThis class will aggregate the system state associated with running a GPU kernel and will be used for the following functions: +{{ :future_gem5-gpu_architecture_1_31_2013_-cropped.png?300 |}}
-        Managing GPU memory space page table +
-        Interfacing with a copy engine which will copy data into and out of the GPU context’s memory space +
-        Storing and managing PTX code and variables for the context +
-        Managing the process of interfacing with CPU thread context through blocking+
  
-Introduction of the CudaContext will require updating the CUDA syscall interface in gem5-gpu (little/no change is expected for libcuda).+  * In order to more clearly define and connect GPU hardware with specific gem5-gpu programming constructs, we plan to move much of the functionality currently held in the CudaGPU out to a CudaContext class. This class will aggregate the system state associated with running a GPU kernel and will be used for the following functions: 
 +    * Managing GPU memory space page table 
 +    * Interfacing with a copy engine which will copy data into and out of the GPU context’s memory space 
 +    * Storing and managing PTX code and variables for the context 
 +    * Managing the process of interfacing with CPU thread context through blocking 
 +  * Introduction of the CudaContext will require updating the CUDA syscall interface in gem5-gpu (little/no change is expected for libcuda).
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