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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
May. 21, 2008
Claude Basso, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jean Louis Calvignac, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chih-jen Chang, Apex, NC (US);
Gordon Taylor Davis, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Harm Peter Hofstee, Austin, TX (US);
Fabrice Jean Verplanken, LaGaude, FR;
Colin Beaton Verrilli, Apex, NC (US);
Claude Basso, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jean Louis Calvignac, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chih-jen Chang, Apex, NC (US);
Gordon Taylor Davis, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Harm Peter Hofstee, Austin, TX (US);
Fabrice Jean Verplanken, LaGaude, FR;
Colin Beaton Verrilli, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for distributing thread instructions in the pipeline of a multi-threading digital processor are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and software are disclosed for successively selecting threads in an ordered sequence for execution in the processor pipeline. If a thread to be selected cannot execute, then a complementary thread is selected for execution.