Determination of approaching instruction starvation of threads based on a plurality of conditions
US6651158B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3851
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a multi-threaded processor, thread priority variables are set up in memory. According to an embodiment of the present invention, several conditions are monitored so as to determine an indication of instruction side starvation may be approaching. If such starvation is approaching, the starvation is resolved upon the expiration of a threshold counter or the like.
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