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Technique for promoting determinism among multiple clock domains

US8312309B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Eric L. Hendrickson · Downey, US
Sanjoy K. Mondal · Austin, US
Larry Edward Thatcher · Austin, US
William Hodges · Austin, US
Lance Hacking · Spanish Fork, US
Sankaran M. Menon · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2008
Grant date	Nov 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F1/12
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique to promote determinism among multiple clocking domains within a computer system or integrated circuit, In one embodiment, one or more execution units are placed in a deterministic state with respect to multiple clocks within a processor system having a number of different clocking domains.

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