Method and system for reducing context switch times

Details Method and system for reducing context switch times Method and system for reducing context switch times

2004-10-28

2009-10-13

An, Meng-Ai (Department: 2195)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac

Task management or control

Process scheduling

C718S102000, C718S103000, C712S220000, C712S228000, C710S048000, C710S058000, C710S059000, C710S260000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07603673

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for managing resource in a multithreaded system, and attempting to increase the speed in which task switching occurs by controlling when thread state is stored to memory. The apparatus includes a thread dispatcher circuit capable of determining, based upon an estimated state retirement rate associated with the worker threads and a rate of saving state of the worker threads, if the worker threads should be halted and saved the state of the worker threads.

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