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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Ken Wadland, Grafton, MA (US);
Charles W. Grant, Leominster, MA (US);
Randall Lawson, Westford, MA (US);
Richard Allen Woodward, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Sean Bergan, Andover, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ken Wadland, Grafton, MA (US);
Charles W. Grant, Leominster, MA (US);
Randall Lawson, Westford, MA (US);
Richard Allen Woodward, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Sean Bergan, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, computer program product and apparatus for utilizing simulated locking prior to starting concurrent execution are disclosed. The results of this simulated locking are used to define a canonical ordering which controls the order of execution and the degree of parallelism that can be used.