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computer units independence

Altera_Forum
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‎12-13-2017 06:59 AM
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hello, 

I have a question about independence of CUs (compute units). Assuming I have 4 CUs each to run 6 work-groups (total 24). Are CUs fully independent, or they are synchronized? by synchronized I mean all CUs start and finish running one work-group together with something like a work-group synchronization point, and after that, all CUs go to run next round of work-groups together?
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Altera_Forum
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‎12-13-2017 10:27 AM
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CUs are fully independent and there is no work-group synchronization.

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