DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING TASKS EXECUTED IN PARALLEL ON A PLATFORM COMPRISING SEVERAL CALCULATION UNITS

摘要

The present invention relates to a device and method for synchronizing tasks executed in parallel on a platform comprising several calculation units. The tasks are liable to be pre-empted by the operating system of the platform, and the device comprises at least one register and one recording module which are installed in the form of circuits on said platform, said recording module being adapted for storing a relationship between a condition to be satisfied regarding the value recorded by one of said registers and one or more calculation tasks, the device comprising a dynamic allocation module installed in the form of circuits on the platform and configured so as choose (402) a calculation unit from among the calculation units of the platform when said condition is fulfilled, and for launching the execution (403) on the chosen calculation unit of a software function of searching for the tasks awaiting the fulfilment of the condition and notifications of said tasks.