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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2004
Gordon Taylor Davis, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Marco C. Heddes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ross Boyd Leavens, Cary, NC (US);
Fabrice Jean Verplanken, La Gaude, FR;
Gordon Taylor Davis, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Marco C. Heddes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ross Boyd Leavens, Cary, NC (US);
Fabrice Jean Verplanken, La Gaude, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism controls a multi-thread processor so that when a first thread encounters a latency event for a first predefined time interval temporary control is transferred to an alternate execution thread for duration of the first predefined time interval and then back to the original thread. The mechanism grants full control to the alternate execution thread when a latency event for a second predefined time interval is encountered. The first predefined time interval is termed short latency event whereas the second time interval is termed long latency event.