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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Wilhelmus J. M. Diepstraten, Haghorst, NL;
Michael A. Fischer, San Antonio, TX (US);
Wesley D. Hardell, San Antonio, TX (US);
Wilhelmus J. M. Diepstraten, Haghorst, NL;
Michael A. Fischer, San Antonio, TX (US);
Wesley D. Hardell, San Antonio, TX (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A context controller for managing multitasking in a processor and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the context controller includes: (1) a time slice instruction counter that counts a number of instructions executed with respect to a given background task and (2) a background task controller that cyclicly executes a context corresponding to another background task when the number of instructions executed equals a dynamically-programmable time slice value.