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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Dong Chen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Mark Giampapa, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Philip Heidelberger, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Martin Ohmacht, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David L. Satterfield, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Burkhard Steinmacher-burow, Boeblingen, DE;
Krishnan Sugavanam, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Dong Chen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Mark Giampapa, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Philip Heidelberger, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Martin Ohmacht, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David L. Satterfield, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow, Boeblingen, DE;
Krishnan Sugavanam, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for enhancing performance of a computer which includes a computer system including a data storage device. The computer system includes a program stored in the data storage device and steps of the program are executed by a processer. The processor processes instructions from the program. A wait state in the processor waits for receiving specified data. A thread in the processor has a pause state wherein the processor waits for specified data. A pin in the processor initiates a return to an active state from the pause state for the thread. A logic circuit is external to the processor, and the logic circuit is configured to detect a specified condition. The pin initiates a return to the active state of the thread when the specified condition is detected using the logic circuit.