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Apparatus and method with register sharing

US12298901B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 11, 2023
Grant dateMay 13, 2025
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/454
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method with register sharing are provided. In one general aspect, a method of operating a processing apparatus includes determining whether there is shared data that is used by each of threads in a plurality of threads sharing a shared memory, based on an instruction that has been decoded, based on determining whether there is shared data that is used by each of the threads in the plurality of threads, determining whether an address of the shared data corresponding to each of the threads in the plurality of threads is stored in an address-to-register mapping table, based on a result of either the determining whether the address is stored in the address-to-register mapping table, mapping the address of the shared data to a shared register corresponding to the shared data, and loading the shared data based on the shared register.

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