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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Andreas Due Engh-Halstvedt, Trondheim, NO;
Ian Victor Devereux, Cambridge, GB;
David Bermingham, Cambridge, GB;
Jakob Axel Fries, Malmo, SE;
Oskar Lars Flordal, Lund, SE;
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A data processing system includes a processing pipeline for the parallel execution of a plurality of threads. An issue controller issues threads to the processing pipeline. A stall manager controls the stalling and unstalling of threads when a cache miss occurs within a cache memory. The issue controller issues the threads to the processing pipeline in accordance with both a main sequence and a pilot sequence. The pilot sequence is followed such that threads within the pilot sequence are issued at least a given time ahead of their neighbors within a main sequence. The given time corresponds approximately to the latency associated with a cache miss. The threads may be arranged in groups corresponding to blocks of pixels for processing within a graphics processing unit.