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Framework for executing multiple threads and sharing resources in a multithreaded computer programming environment

US7827559B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Real-Time Innovations, Inc. · US

Inventors

Stephen J. Rhee · San Jose, US
Elaine Yee Ting Sin · Sunnyvale, US
Gerardo Pardo-Castellote · Santa Cruz, US
Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut · Berlin, DE
Rajive Joshi · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2006
Grant date	Nov 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/526
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for execution of multiple threads in a multithreaded computing programming environment are disclosed. The techniques are especially well suited for environments that use multilayered programming architecture where a higher layer can build on the functions provided by a lower layer where the delay time is an important consideration. In one aspect, the conceptual notion of a “Worker” effectively serves to represent the thread-specific execution context for a thread of execution (“thread”) in a multithreaded computing environment. Another aspect, provides the notion of an Exclusion Area (EA) as logical lock that serves to protect shared resources in a multithreaded environment. The combination of the worker and EA are used to provide a powerful framework that, among other things, allows minimizing of the delay time.

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