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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Nir N. Shavit, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexander Matveev, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL;
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/467 (2013.01); G06F 9/466 (2013.01); G06F 9/528 (2013.01);
Abstract
Hybrid transaction memory systems and accompanying methods. A transaction to be executed is received, and an initial attempt is made to execute the transaction in a hardware path. Upon a failure to successfully execute the transaction in the hardware path, an attempt is made to execute the transaction in a hardware-software path. The hardware-software path includes a software path and at least one hardware transaction.