Intel Corporation
MECHANISM TO PARTITION A SHARED LOCAL MEMORY

Abstract:

An apparatus to facilitate partitioning of local memory is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of execution units to execute a plurality of execution threads, a memory coupled to share access between the plurality of execution units and partitioning hardware to partition the memory to be used as a cache and as shared local memory (SLM), wherein the partitioning hardware partitions the memory based on a quantity of the plurality of execution threads executing on the execution units that are active.