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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jason Jong Kyu Park, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott Mahlke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donghoon Yoo, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/485 (2013.01); G06F 9/4881 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a method and apparatus of selecting a preemption technique for a computation unit included in a processor to execute a second task before the at least one computation unit finishes executing a first task. The method includes receiving a preemption request, predicting a cost of preemption techniques based on a progress of the first task until receipt of the preemption request, and selecting one of the preemption techniques based on the predicted cost.