Patent · US Expired

Method of executing an interpreter program

US7194734B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateFeb 13, 2003
Grant dateMar 20, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3885
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A threaded interpreter executes a program having a series of program instructions stored in a memory. For the execution of a program instruction the threaded interpreter includes a preparatory unit for executing a plurality of preparatory steps making th program instruction available in the threaded interpreter, and an execution unit with one or more machine instructions emulating the program instruction. The threaded interpreter is designed such that during the execution on an instruction-level parallel processor of the series of program instructions. Machine instructions implement a first one of the preparatory steps for execution in parallel with machine instructions implementing a second one of the preparatory steps for respective ones of the series of program instructions.

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