Method, apparatus, system creating, executing and terminating mini-threads
US9323528B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3877
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described herein are mechanisms for creating, executing, and terminating mini-threads. A processor executes instructions with a primary thread in a first execution mode, and to execute an instruction to create a secondary mini-thread that is associated with a first subset of registers and associates the primary thread with a second subset of the registers during a second execution mode. During the second execution mode, the primary thread operates as a primary mini-thread.
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