Parallel processor with functional pipeline providing programming engines by supporting multiple contexts and critical section

• Main Authors: WILKINSON HUGH M.III, ADILETTA MATTHEW J, WOLRICH GILBERT, WILDE MYLES J, BERNSTEIN DEBRA, ROSENBLUTH MARK B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.09.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

A system and method for employing multiple hardware contexts and programming engines in a functional pipeline partitioned to facilitate high performance data processing. The system and method includes a parallel processor that assigns system functions for processing data including programming engine...