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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Jae Don Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Keun Soo Yim, Yongin-si, KR;
Woon Gee Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong Joon Yoo, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung Keun Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Chang-woo Baek, Yongin-si, KR;
Chae Seok Im, Yongin-si, KR;
Jae Don Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Keun Soo Yim, Yongin-si, KR;
Woon Gee Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong Joon Yoo, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung Keun Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Chang-Woo Baek, Yongin-si, KR;
Chae Seok Im, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A context switch method capable of promptly switching a context for a dynamically generated task and a dynamic link by converting a state of multiple register files, switching the context, and separately restoring and storing the context. That is, the context switch method includes: maintaining a multiple register files; establishing the multiple register to be in any one of a prefetch state, a current state, and a store state; converting a state of the multiple register files to be in any one of the prefetch state, the current state, and the store state when a context switch occurs; wherein, in the prefetch state, determining a memory address to read a next task context to be subsequently performed by the register file, in the current state, performing a task with the task context of the register file and in the store state, storing the register file in a memory.