Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac – Task management or control – Process scheduling
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-02
2007-01-02
Bullock, Jr., Lewis A. (Department: 2195)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac
Task management or control
Process scheduling
Reexamination Certificate
active
09968347
ABSTRACT:
A method and machine-readable medium measure requests by threads requesting a lock to differentiate “hot” and “cold” locks in accordance with the level of contention for the locks. A hardware accelerator manages access to hot locks to improve performance.
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