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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Peter J Wilson, Leander, TX (US);
Brian C Kahne, Austin, TX (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
In a pipelined element configured to execute multiple contexts and including an instruction pipeline and a plurality of context modules each having a register file and a functional unit, a method includes scheduling a first context for execution in the instruction pipeline. The instruction pipeline includes an execution unit having a plurality of functional units. Each functional unit of the plurality of functional units is configured to execute instructions of a scheduled context of the plurality of contexts. A first instruction of the first context which precedes an instruction loop of the first context is executed. In response to executing the first instruction, the first context is released from being scheduled for execution in the instruction pipeline and execution of the first context is continued using a first context module. The first context module includes a context-specific functional unit configured to execute the instruction loop.