VLSI

1 Integration of Graphics Processing Cores with Microprocessors

Deepak C. Sekar and Chinnakrishnan Ballapuram

Contents

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Why Integrate Central Processing Units and Graphics Processing Units on the Same Chip?

1.3 Case Study of Integrated Central Processing Unit–Graphics Processing Unit Cores

1.3.1 AMD Llano

1.3.2 Intel Ivy Bridge

1.4 Technology Considerations

1.5 Power Management

1.6 System Architecture

1.7 Programming and Memory Models

1.8 Area and Power Implications in Accelerated Processing Units

1.9 Graphical Processing Units as First-Class Processors

1.10 Summary

References

1.1 Introduction

Power and thermal constraints have caused a paradigm shift in the semiconductor industry over the past few years. All market segments, ...