Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Shared memory area
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-30
2005-08-30
Ellis, Kevin L. (Department: 2188)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Shared memory area
Reexamination Certificate
active
06938131
ABSTRACT:
To improve the processing speed in a case where a program requiring memory access serialization is executed in a multiprocessor environment with a load instruction out-of-order execution function.Each of CPUs has the function of performing store forwarding (SF) when the address regions of a pair of store and load instructions coincide with each other. Each CPU stops SF and performs store forwarding avoidance (SFA) when the two address regions do not coincide with each other but have an overlap therebetween. Each of SF and SFA is executed with priority over out-of-order execution. Each CPU performs SFA effective in limiting out-of-order execution with respect to a predetermined store instruction on a program and a load instruction mated to the store instruction and given after the store instruction, and ensures that data relating to the store instruction can be observed from other CPUs.
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Ellis Kevin L.
Jennings Derek S.
McGinn & Gibb PLLC
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