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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Applicant:
Michael David May, Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
Michael David May, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
XMOS Ltd., London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processor and method for executing threads. The processor comprises multiple instruction buffers, each for buffering the instructions of a respective associated thread, and an instruction issue stage for issuing instructions from the instruction buffers to a memory access stage. The memory access stage includes logic adapted to detect whether a memory access operation is defined in each issued instruction, and to fetch another instruction if no memory access operation is detected.