Multithreaded hardware systems and methods

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2005-01-13

2009-10-06

Coleman, Eric (Department: 2183)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing

Processing control

Context preserving (e.g., context swapping, checkpointing,...

Reexamination Certificate

active

07600101

ABSTRACT:
Multithreaded hardware systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment of a system may comprise a multithreaded processor comprising a register file having N hardware threads, where N is an integer greater than or equal to one, and an offline storage structure having M hardware threads, where M is an integer greater than or equal to one. The multithreaded processor system may further comprise a thread control that transfers register values associated with at least one of the N hardware threads to registers of at least one of the M hardware threads and transfers register values of at least of one of the M hardware threads to registers of at least one of the N hardware threads.

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Japanese Office Action dated Jan. 15, 2009 for patent application No. 2005-367546.
English Translation of Japanese Office Action dated Jan. 15, 2009 for patent application No. 2005-367546.

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