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Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Martin T. Pohlack, Dresden, DE;

Stephan Diestelhorst, Dresden, DE;

Assignee:

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 12/0855 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/52 (2013.01); G06F 12/0857 (2013.01); G06F 8/458 (2013.01); G06F 2201/825 (2013.01);
Abstract

In the described embodiments, entities in a computing device selectively write specified values to a lock variable in a local cache and one or more lower levels of a memory hierarchy to enable multiple entities to enable the concurrent execution of corresponding critical sections of program code that are protected by a same lock.


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Pohlack, Martin. (2018). Concurrently executing critical sections in program code in a processor (U.S. Patent No. 9916189). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9916189

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