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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2004
Dion Rodgers, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Darrell Boggs, Aloha, OR (US);
Amit Merchant, Portland, OR (US);
Rajesh Kota, Aloha, OR (US);
Rachel Hsu, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Dion Rodgers, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Darrell Boggs, Aloha, OR (US);
Amit Merchant, Portland, OR (US);
Rajesh Kota, Aloha, OR (US);
Rachel Hsu, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for entering and exiting multiple threads within a multithreaded processor. A state machine is maintained to indicate a respective status of an associated thread of multiple threads being executed within a multithreaded processor. A change of status for a first thread within the multithreaded processor is detected and, responsive to the change of status for the first thread within the multithreaded processor, a partitioning scheme for the functional unit is altered to service a second thread, but not the first thread, within the multithreaded processor when the change of the status of the first thread comprises a transition from an active state to an inactive state.