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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Applicants:
Jack B. Dennis, Belmont, MA (US);
Sam B. Sandbote, Reston, VA (US);
Inventors:
Jack B. Dennis, Belmont, MA (US);
Sam B. Sandbote, Reston, VA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention performs peripheral operations in a multi-thread processor. A peripheral bus is coupled to a peripheral unit to transfer peripheral information including a command message specifying a peripheral operation. A processing slice is coupled to the peripheral bus to execute a plurality of threads. The plurality of threads includes a first thread sending the command message to the peripheral unit.