Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Shared memory area
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-23
2009-10-20
Kim, Matt (Department: 2186)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Shared memory area
C711S155000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07606985
ABSTRACT:
Providing proactive synchronization in a computer system may include providing an augmented instruction set with additional synchronizing instructions. Therefore, a method includes a processor executing a set of instructions to request exclusive access to a plurality of memory resources. The set of instructions includes an ACQUIRE instruction. In addition, the method may include storing addresses referenced by the set of instructions within a buffer. Further, the method may include sending the addresses referenced by the set of instructions, as a set, to be compared to other addresses to which exclusive access to memory addresses has been granted in response to execution of the ACQUIRE instruction.
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Curran Stephen J.
Kim Matt
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
Schnee Hal
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