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Patent No.:

US 7698540 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2006
Applicants:

Scott J. Norton, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas L. Vaden, Neshanle Station, NJ (US);

James Callister, Windsor, CO (US);

Inventors:

Scott J. Norton, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas L. Vaden, Neshanle Station, NJ (US);

James Callister, Windsor, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic hardware multithreading, includes: using a hardware halt function or a hardware yield function in a processor core in order to enable or disable a hardware thread that shares the core; wherein the hardware thread is disabled by placing the hardware thread in a halt state or yield state, and allowing another hardware thread to utilize the core.


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Norton, Scott. (2010). Dynamic hardware multithreading and partitioned hardware multithreading (U.S. Patent No. 7698540). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7698540

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