METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING EXECUTION OF A THREAD UNTIL A SPECIFIED MEMORY ACCESS OCCURS
Patent №
US 7,363,474
Granted
2008-04-22
Filed 2001
Owner
INTEL CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
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hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10039579
Techniques for suspending execution of a thread until a specified memory access occurs. In one embodiment, a processor includes multiple execution units capable of executing multiple threads. A first thread includes an instruction that specifies a monitor address. Suspend logic suspends execution of the first thread, and a monitor causes resumption of the first thread in response to an access to the specified monitor address.
AI classification
Ownership
INTEL CORPORATION
assignment · 131790318
Assignors
RODGERS, DION, MARR, DEBORAH T., HILL, DAVID L., KAUSHIK, SHIV, CROSSLAND, JAMES B., KOUFATY, DAVID A.
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