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Method, system, and apparatus to improve performance of multi-threaded computer programs

US6789253B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1999
Grant dateSep 7, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/52
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system, and apparatus for improving performance of multi-threaded computer programs that re-establishes the lock structure that enables access to a portion of the computer memory and thereby reduces contention for computer memory. The present invention analyzes the references to computer memory and re-structures the memory access lock structure and thereby improves the use of regions of computer memory that are found to be mutually exclusive.

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