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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2005
Richard A. Hankins, San Jose, CA (US);
Gautham N. Chinya, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Hong Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
David K. Poulsen, Champaign, IL (US);
Shirish Aundhe, Beaverton, OR (US);
John P. Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Sanjiv M. Shah, Champaign, IL (US);
Baiju V. Patel, Portland, OR (US);
Richard A. Hankins, San Jose, CA (US);
Gautham N. Chinya, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Hong Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
David K. Poulsen, Champaign, IL (US);
Shirish Aundhe, Beaverton, OR (US);
John P. Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Sanjiv M. Shah, Champaign, IL (US);
Baiju V. Patel, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Data structure creation, organization and management techniques for data local to user-level threads are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes generating, for a user-level thread ('shred') to run on a thread unit that is not managed by an operating system ('OS'), a storage area for local data and maintaining state in the storage area across a context switch from the thread unit that is not managed by the OS to a second thread unit that is managed by the OS. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.