Systems and methods for enabling threads to lock a stage prior to processing data
US8584126B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 18, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/548
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for maintaining processing order while permitting parallelism. Processing of a piece of work is divided into a plurality of stages. At each stage, a task advancing the work towards completion is performed. By performing processing as a sequence of tasks, processing can be done in parallel, with progress being made simultaneously on different pieces of work in different stages by a plurality of threads of execution.
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