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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Kimming SO, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jason Leonard, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kimming So, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jason Leonard, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/544 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 13/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for Inter-Thread Communication using software interrupts in a multithread processor are disclosed. Bits in a shared control register and/or a private control register can enable an Inter-Thread Communication path. When the interrupt is triggered, one thread processor raises an interrupt in another thread processor.