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Managing multiple threads in a single pipeline

US8504804B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 2012
Grant dateAug 6, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2032

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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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