Time Monitoring in a Processing Element and Use

System and method for controlling thread execution via time monitoring circuitry in a processing element. Execution of a thread may be suspended via a thread suspend/resume logic block included in the processing element in response to a received suspend thread instruction. An indication of a wakeup...

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Main Author CHANDHOKE SUNDEEP
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.04.2014
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:System and method for controlling thread execution via time monitoring circuitry in a processing element. Execution of a thread may be suspended via a thread suspend/resume logic block included in the processing element in response to a received suspend thread instruction. An indication of a wakeup time may be received to a time monitoring circuit (TMC) included in the processing element. Time may be monitored via the TMC using a clock included in the processing element, until the wakeup time obtains. The thread suspend/resume logic block included in the processing element may be invoked by the TMC in response to the wakeup time obtaining, thereby resuming execution of the thread
Bibliography:Application Number: US201314011366