Task handling apparatus
US4286322A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 1979 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 1999 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3851
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Improved task handling apparatus for a computer system where the task dispatcher is selectively operable under instruction control for performing task queue selection and where the intertask communication mechanism can return a task dispatching element (TDE) to a non-prime task dispatching queue (TDQ) as well as to the prime TDQ. Whenever a TDE is returned to the prime TDQ, the task dispatcher makes a pre-emptive task switch. Also, if there are no task dispatching elements on the current non-prime TDQ, the task dispatcher switches to dispatch TDE's from the prime TDQ.
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