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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gregory W. Alexander, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Stephen Duffy, Bethesda, MD (US);
David S. Hutton, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Christian Jacobi, West Park, NY (US);
Anthony Saporito, Highland, NY (US);
Somin Song, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include load-balancing a plurality of simultaneous threads of a processor. An example method includes computing a minimum group count for a thread from the plurality of threads. The minimum group count indicates a minimum number of groups of instructions to be assigned to the thread. The method further includes computing a maximum allowed group count for the thread. The maximum allowed group count indicates a maximum number of groups of instructions to be assigned to the thread. The method further includes issuing one or more groups of instructions for execution by the thread based on the minimum group count and the maximum allowed group count for the thread.