发明名称 |
Method and system to perform a thread switching operation within a multithreaded processor based on dispatch of a quantity of instruction information for a full instruction |
摘要 |
A method of performing a thread switching operation within a multithreaded processor includes detecting dispatch of a first predetermined quantity of instruction information of a first thread, from an instruction streaming buffer to an instruction pre-decoder within the multithreaded processor. Responsive to the detection of the dispatch of the first predetermined quantity of instruction information for the first thread, a thread switching operation is performed with respect to the output of the instruction streaming buffer. The dispatch of instruction information for a second thread from the instruction streaming buffer is thus commenced. The predetermined quantity of the instruction information may be equal to or greater than a minimum quantity of instruction information for a full instruction of a first instruction set.
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申请公布号 |
US2003023835(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.01.30 |
申请号 |
US20020251508 |
申请日期 |
2002.09.20 |
申请人 |
KALAFATIS STAVROS;KYKER ALAN B.;FISCH ROBERT D. |
发明人 |
KALAFATIS STAVROS;KYKER ALAN B.;FISCH ROBERT D. |
分类号 |
G06F9/38;G06F9/48;(IPC1-7):G06F15/00;G06F9/40;G06F9/30 |
主分类号 |
G06F9/38 |
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