Reducing cache-reload transient at a context swap
US5065310A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0842
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Suspensions of programs running in a multi-programming environment are made to occur when the footprint of a program to be suspended is relatively small. This occurs when a process releases data or instruction storage in the cache because the program has moved to a different phase of behavior. An interrupt is armed to occur at small-footprint points, and then the point where that occurs is detected.
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