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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
Applicant:
Jack B. Dennis, Belmont, MA (US);
Inventor:
Jack B. Dennis, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention prioritizes resource utilization in a multi-thread processor. A priority register stores thread information for P threads. The thread information includes P priority codes corresponding to the P threads, at least one of the P threads requesting use of at least one resource unit. A priority selector generates assignment signal to assign the at least one resource unit to the at least one of the P threads according to the P priority codes.