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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
James W. Bishop, Newark Valley, NY (US);
Marcy E. Byers, Rochester, MN (US);
Steven R. Carlough, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Paul M. Kennedy, Austin, TX (US);
Albert J. Van Norstrand, Jr., Round Rock, TX (US);
Phillip G. Williams, Leander, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for thread migration using a microcode engine of a multi-slice processor including issuing a thread migration instruction to the microcode engine of a decode unit, the thread migration instruction comprising an indication that the thread migration instruction is to be processed by the microcode engine; decoding, by the microcode engine, the thread migration instruction into a plurality of internal operations each targeting a different register entry; transmitting the plurality of internal operations to a dispatcher of the multi-slice processor; and manipulating, by the multi-slice processor, a plurality of register entries according to the plurality of internal operations.