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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2001
Dion Rodgers, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Deborah T. Marr, Portland, OR (US);
David L. Hill, Cornelius, OR (US);
Shiv Kaushik, Portland, OR (US);
James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);
David A. Koufaty, Portland, OR (US);
Dion Rodgers, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Deborah T. Marr, Portland, OR (US);
David L. Hill, Cornelius, OR (US);
Shiv Kaushik, Portland, OR (US);
James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);
David A. Koufaty, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for suspending execution of a thread until a specified memory access occurs. In one embodiment, a processor includes multiple execution units capable of executing multiple threads. A first thread includes an instruction that specifies a monitor address. Suspend logic suspends execution of the first thread, and a monitor causes resumption of the first thread in response to an access to the specified monitor address.