Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing – Processing control – Context preserving (e.g. – context swapping – checkpointing,...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-28
2007-08-28
Kim, Kenneth S. (Department: 2111)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing
Processing control
Context preserving (e.g., context swapping, checkpointing,...
C718S108000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11064795
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a heterogeneous parallel multithread processor (1) with shared contexts which has a plurality (M) of parallel-connected standard processor root unit types (2p; p∈ [1, . . . , M]), where each respective standard processor root unit type (2p) has at least one or more (K) parallel-connected standard processor root units (2pq; q∈ [1, . . . , K]) for instruction execution of program instructions from various threads (T), each standard processor root unit type (2p) having N local context memories (32pt) which each buffer-store part of a current processor state for a thread. The multithread processor (1) also has a plurality (N) of global context memories (3t; t∈ [1, . . . , N]) which each buffer-store part of a current processor state for a thread, and a thread control unit (4) which can connect any standard processor root unit (2pq) to any global context memory (3t).
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Gazsi Lajos
Lin Jinan
Mehrgardt Soenke
Nie Xiaoning
Infineon - Technologies AG
Jenkins Wilson Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
Kim Kenneth S.
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