Patent №
US 8,095,741
Granted
2012-01-10
Filed 2007
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11928661
A computing system processes memory transactions for parallel processing of multiple threads of execution provides execution of multiple atomic instruction groups (AIGs) on multiple systems to support a single large transaction that requires operations on multiple threads of execution and/or on multiple systems connected by a network. The support provides a Transaction Table in memory and fast detection of potential conflicts between multiple transactions. Special instructions may mark the boundaries of a transaction and identify memory locations applicable to a transaction. A ‘private to transaction’ (PTRAN) tag, directly addressable as part of the main data storage memory location, enables a quick detection of potential conflicts with other transactions that are concurrently executing on another thread. The tag indicates whether (or not) a data entry in memory is part of a speculative memory state of an uncommitted transaction that is currently active in the system.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 200370906
Assignors
HELLER, THOMAS J., JR., BAUM, RICHARD I.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.