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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Gilbert Cabillic, Brece, FR;
Gerard Chauvel, Antibes, FR;
Inventors:
Gilbert Cabillic, Brece, FR;
Gerard Chauvel, Antibes, FR;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic device comprising decode logic that decodes instructions and a stack coupled to the decode logic. A group of instructions causes the decode logic to push onto the stack, after halting processing of a first thread at a switch point and prior to processing a second thread, a minimum amount of information needed to resume execution of the first thread at the switch point and not information not needed to resume execution of the first thread at the switch point.