Folding for a multi-threaded network processor

A mechanism to process units of data associated with a dependent data stream using different threads of execution and a common data structure in memory. Accessing the common data structure in memory for the processing uses a single read operation and a single write operation. The folding of multiple...

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Main Authors HOOPER DONALD F, ROSENBLUTH MARK, WILDE MYLES J, FALLON MICHAEL F, BERNSTEIN DEBRA, JAIN SANJEEV, WILKINSON HUGH, WOLRICH GILBERT M
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.07.2007
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A mechanism to process units of data associated with a dependent data stream using different threads of execution and a common data structure in memory. Accessing the common data structure in memory for the processing uses a single read operation and a single write operation. The folding of multiple read-modify-write memory operations in such a manner for multiple multi-threaded stages of processing includes controlling a first stage, which operates on the same data unit as a second stage to pass context state information to the second stage for coherency.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20030642061