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Execution migration

US8904154B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 2011
Grant dateDec 2, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4856
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An execution migration approach includes bringing the computation to the locus of the data: when a memory instruction requests an address not cached by the current core, the execution context (current program counter, register values, etc.) moves to the core where the data is cached.

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