| 发明名称 | Systems and methods for GPU virtualization | ||
| 摘要 | A method is provided for sharing access to graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware between multiple client virtual machines, wherein each of the client virtual machines has a high-level application programming interface (API) associated therewith for communicating with the GPU hardware. The method includes virtualizing the GPU by intercepting GPU-specific commands from the plurality of client virtual machines, wherein the commands specific to the GPU are at a lower level than that of the high-level API, and providing the intercepted commands to the GPU hardware. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9607351(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2017.03.28 |
| 申请号 | US201414155632 | 申请日期 | 2014.01.15 |
| 申请人 | GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. | 发明人 | Khosa Shivani;Derrin Philip Geoffrey;Van Schaik Carl;Potts Daniel Paul |
| 分类号 | G06T1/20;G06F9/00;G06F9/455 | 主分类号 | G06T1/20 |
| 代理机构 | Lorenz & Kopf, LLP | 代理人 | Lorenz & Kopf, LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A method of sharing access to graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware between a plurality of client virtual machines, wherein each of the client virtual machines has a high-level application programming interface (API) associated therewith for communicating with the GPU hardware, the method comprising: virtualizing the GPU by intercepting GPU-specific commands from the plurality of client virtual machines, wherein the GPU-specific commands are at a lower level than that of the high-level API and wherein translation of the GPU-specific commands occurs separately from a GPU driver that directly communicates with the GPU hardware; and providing the intercepted commands to the GPU hardware. | ||
| 地址 | Fairfax VA US | ||