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Instruction-level multithreading according to a predetermined fixed schedule in an embedded processor using zero-time context switching

US7925869B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2000
Grant dateApr 12, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D10/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for enabling multithreading in a embedded processor, invoking zero-time context switching in a multithreading environment, scheduling multiple threads to permit numerous hard-real time and non-real time priority levels, fetching data and instructions from multiple memory blocks in a multithreading environment, and enabling a particular thread to modify the multiple states of the multiple threads in the processor core.

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