[ARROW-2127] [Plasma] Transfer of objects between CPUs and GPUs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: C++ - Plasma
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/18097
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Philipp Moritz
• Created: 10/Feb/18 22:35
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:19
• Resolved: 19/Feb/21 20:46

Description

It should be possible to transfer an object that was created on the CPU to the GPU and vice versa. One natural implementation is to introduce a flag to plasma::Get that specifies where the object should end up and then transfer the object under the hood and return the appropriate buffer.