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Interrupt/software-controlled thread processing

US6401155B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 1999
Grant dateJun 4, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/30123
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Rapid thread processing is achieved by transferring complete thread contexts between a memory and a context register set. Each thread context is read from a respective memory location in response to either a designated interrupt or an instruction.

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