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Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2007
Applicants:

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;

Inventors:

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;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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