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Code versioning for enabling transactional memory promotion

US9405596B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GlobalFoundries Inc. · KY

Inventors

Hans Boettiger · Lörrach, DE
Yaoqing Gao · Toronto, CA
Martin Ohmacht · Yorktown Heights, US
Kai-Ting Amy Wang · Taoyuan, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 2, 2014
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/452
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Code versioning for enabling transactional memory region promotion may include receiving a portion of candidate source code; outlining the portion of candidate source code received for parallel execution; wrapping a critical region with entry and exit routines to enter into a speculation sub-process, wherein the entry and exit routines also gather conflict statistics at run time; and generating an outlined code portion comprising multiple loop versions using a processor.

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