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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Lajos Gazsi, Düsseldorf, DE;
Jinan Lin, Ottobrunn, DE;
Soenke Mehrgardt, Deisenhofen, DE;
Xiaoning Nie, Neubiberg, DE;
Lajos Gazsi, Düsseldorf, DE;
Jinan Lin, Ottobrunn, DE;
Soenke Mehrgardt, Deisenhofen, DE;
Xiaoning Nie, Neubiberg, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a parallel multithread processor () with split contexts, with M parallel-connected standard processor root units () being provided for instruction execution of program instructions for different threads (T), and with N context memories () being provided, which each temporarily store a current state of a thread (T), and with a thread monitoring unit () being provided, by means of which each standard processor root unit () can be connected to each context memory (). The invention accordingly provides a processor architecture in which a number N of different context memories () and corresponding threads (T) are effectively fully networked with a number M of standard processor root units (). This means that use is made not only of paralleling of the standard processor root units (), but also of the threads (T) and of the context memories ().