发明名称 Technique for using memory attributes
摘要 A technique for using memory attributes to relay information to a program or other agent. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to using memory attribute bits to check various memory properties in an efficient manner.
申请公布号 US8812792(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.08.19
申请号 US201314033463 申请日期 2013.09.21
申请人 Intel Corporation 发明人 Jacobson Quinn A.;Bracy Anne W.;Wang Hong;Shen John P.;Hammarlund Per;Merten Matthew C.;Srinivas Suresh;Doshi Kshitij A.;Shinya Gautham;Saha Bratin;Adi-Tabatabai Ali-Reza;Sheaffer Gad
分类号 G06F12/00;G06F12/08 主分类号 G06F12/00
代理机构 Mnemoglyphics, LLC 代理人 Mnemoglyphics, LLC ;Mennemeier Lawrence M.
主权项 1. An multi-threaded processor comprising: a decoder to decode instructions of a first thread of execution; and a memory block, the memory block associated with a set of user-configurable attributes; an execution unit in response to one or more instructions of the first thread of execution, to load a portion of the user-configurable attributes associated with the memory block from a cache memory, and store the portion of the user-configurable attributes in one or more registers, wherein a first attribute of the portion of the user-configurable attributes indicates a state of the block of memory.
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