Managing multiple threads in a single pipeline
US8402253B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3851
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining if an instruction of a first thread dispatched from a first queue associated with the first thread is stalled in a pipestage of a pipeline, and if so, dispatching an instruction of a second thread from a second queue associated with the second thread to the pipeline if the second thread is not stalled. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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