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{{Short description|Computing system}}
'''Heterogeneous System Architecture''' ('''HSA''') is a cross-vendor set of specifications that allow for the integration of [[central processing unit]]s and [[GPU|graphics processors]] on the same bus, with shared [[Main memory|memory]] and [[Task (computing)|tasks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-HSA-hUMA-APU,22324.html |title=AMD Unveils its Heterogeneous Uniform Memory Access (hUMA) Technology |website=Tom's Hardware |author=Tarun Iyer |date=30 April 2013}}</ref> The HSA is being developed by the [[HSA Foundation]], which includes (among many others) [[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]] and [[ARM Holdings|ARM]]. The platform's stated aim is to reduce [[communication latency]] between CPUs, GPUs and other [[compute device]]s, and make these various devices more compatible from a programmer's perspective,<ref name="whitepaper">{{Cite report |author=George Kyriazis |date=30 August 2012 |title=Heterogeneous System Architecture: A Technical Review |url=http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/hsa10.pdf |publisher=AMD |access-date=26 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328140823/http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/hsa10.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|3}}<ref name="whatis">{{cite web |title=What is Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)? |url=http://developer.amd.com/resources/heterogeneous-computing/what-is-heterogeneous-system-architecture-hsa/ |publisher=AMD |access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621213832/http://developer.amd.com/resources/heterogeneous-computing/what-is-heterogeneous-system-architecture-hsa/ |archive-date=21 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> relieving the programmer of the task of planning the moving of data between devices' disjoint memories (as must currently be done with [[OpenCL]] or [[CUDA]]).<ref>{{cite web |author=Joel Hruska |title=Setting HSAIL: AMD explains the future of CPU/GPU cooperation |url=http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/164817-setting-hsail-amd-cpu-gpu-cooperation |website=[[ExtremeTech]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=2013-08-26}}</ref>
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| Unified main memory, where GPU and CPU are HSA-enabled. This makes zero-copy operation possible.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.semiaccurate.com/2014/01/15/technical-look-amds-kaveri-architecture/ |title=Kaveri microarchitecture |date=2014-01-15 |work=[[SemiAccurate]]}}</ref>
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}}</ref> This very first implementation, known as {{Mono|amdkfd}}, focuses on [[AMD Accelerated Processing Unit#Steamroller architecture .282014.29: Kaveri|"Kaveri"]] or "Berlin" APUs and works alongside the existing Radeon kernel graphics driver.
Additionally, {{Mono|amdkfd}} supports ''heterogeneous queuing'' (HQ), which aims to simplify the distribution of computational jobs among multiple CPUs and GPUs from the programmer's perspective. Support for ''heterogeneous memory management'' (''HMM''), suited only for graphics hardware featuring version 2 of the AMD's [[IOMMU]], was accepted into the Linux kernel mainline version 4.14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-kernel-414/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113231202/https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-kernel-414/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2017|title=Linux Kernel 4.14 Announced with Secure Memory Encryption and More|date=13 November 2017}}</ref>
Integrated support for HSA platforms has been announced for the "Sumatra" release of [[OpenJDK]], due in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hpcwire.com/2013/08/26/hsa_foundation_aims_to_boost_javas_gpu_prowess/ |title=HSA Foundation Aims to Boost Java's GPU Prowess |author=Alex Woodie |date=26 August 2013 |website=HPCwire}}</ref>
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===ARM===
ARM's [[Bifrost (microarchitecture)|Bifrost]] microarchitecture, as implemented in the Mali-G71,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/10375/arm-unveils-bifrost-and-mali-g71/5 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160910101608/http://www.anandtech.com/show/10375/arm-unveils-bifrost-and-mali-g71/5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2016 |title=ARM Bifrost GPU Architecture |date=2016-05-30}}</ref> is fully compliant with the HSA 1.1 hardware specifications. {{As of|2016|6}}, ARM has not announced software support that would use this hardware feature.
==See also==
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* [[Shared memory]]
* [[Zero-copy]]
* A technique enabling zero-copy operation for a CPU and a parallel accelerator <ref> Computer memory architecture for hybrid serial and parallel computing systems, US patents 7,707,388, 2010 and 8,145,879, 2012. Inventor: [[Uzi Vishkin]] </ref>
==References==
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* {{YouTube|id=ln8JpfaLvbM|title=HSA Heterogeneous System Architecture Overview}} by Vinod Tipparaju at [[ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference|SC13]] in November 2013
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160514070602/http://www.mpsoc-forum.org/previous/2013/slides/8-Hegde.pdf HSA and the software ecosystem]
* [http://www-conf.slac.stanford.edu/xldb2012/talks/xldb2012_wed_1400_MichaelHouston.pdf 2012 – HSA by Michael Houston] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305141652/http://www-conf.slac.stanford.edu/xldb2012/talks/xldb2012_wed_1400_MichaelHouston.pdf |date=5 March 2016 }}
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