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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Houston, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stanislaw Skowronek, New York, NY (US);
Elaine Poon, Richmond Hill, CA;
Brian Emberling, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Houston, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stanislaw Skowronek, New York, NY (US);
Elaine Poon, Richmond Hill, CA;
Brian Emberling, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignees:
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/522 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of processing threads is provided. The method includes receiving a first thread that accesses a memory resource in a current state, holding the first thread, and releasing the first thread based responsive to a final thread that accesses the memory resource in the current state has been received.