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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Benjamin C. Serebrin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen D. Glaser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin C. Serebrin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen D. Glaser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for executing an atomic memory transaction comprises a processing core in a multi-processing core system, where the processing core is configured to store an atomic program in a cache line. The apparatus further comprises an atomic program execution unit that is configured to execute the atomic program as a single atomic memory transaction with a guarantee of forward progress.