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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
Greater Shine Limited, New Taipei, TW;
GREATER SHINE LIMITED, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a processor is disclosed. The processor may include a plurality of registers. The plurality of registers may include a first set of registers associated with a regular mode thread. The plurality of registers may also include a second set of registers associated with an interrupt service thread. The processor may also include a processing core. The processing core may be configured to perform first operations associated with the regular mode thread. The processing core may be configured to receive an interrupt service signal associated with the interrupt service thread. In response to the interrupt service signal, the processing core may be configured to implement a zero-cycle context switch to perform second operations associated with the interrupt service thread using the second set of registers.