Patent · US Expired

Dynamic load balancing for a multiprocessor pipeline by sorting instructions based on predetermined execution time

US5548737A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 1995
Grant dateAug 20, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/129
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for processing high level instructions including a plurality of processing units, means for generating a plurality of instructions to perform said high level instructions, and means for dynamically organizing said generated instructions into at least one group, each group including at least one instruction to be processed by one of said processing units. In addition, a method of processing high level instructions by a plurality of processing units including generating a plurality of instructions to perform said high level instructions, and dynamically organizing said generated instructions into at least one group, each group including at least one instruction to be processed by one of said processing units.

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