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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Applicants:
Wilhelmus J. M. Diepstraten, Haghorst, NL;
Michael A. Fischer, San Antonio, TX (US);
Wesley D. Hardell, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Wilhelmus J. M. Diepstraten, Haghorst, NL;
Michael A. Fischer, San Antonio, TX (US);
Wesley D. Hardell, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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) an event recorder that records occurrences of predetermined events and (2) an event acknowledger, associated with the event recorder, that acknowledges ones of the events based on an identity of a currently-active context.