METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENFORCING MEMBAR INSTRUCTION SEMANTICS IN AN EXECUTE-AHEAD PROCESSOR

Patent №

US 7,689,813

Granted

2010-03-30

Filed 2005

Owner

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11083263

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that facilitates executing a memory barrier (membar) instruction in an execute-ahead processor, wherein the membar instruction forces buffered loads and stores to complete before allowing a following instruction to be issued.

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AI classification

AI hardware1.00
Planning0.12
Knowledge representation0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00
Machine learning0.00

Ownership

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

assignment · 164140394

Assignors

CAPRIOLI, PAUL, CHAUDHRY, SHAILENDER, TREMBLAY, MARC

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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