Mechanism to schedule threads on OS-sequestered sequencers without operating system intervention

Method, apparatus and system embodiments to schedule OS-independent "shreds" without intervention of an operating system. For at least one embodiment, the shred is scheduled for execution by a scheduler routine rather than the operating system. A scheduler routine may run on each enabled s...

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Main Authors KAUSHIK SHIVNANDAN D, SHEN JOHN P, BIGBEE BRYANT E, WANG HONG, TIAN XINMIN, CHINYA GAUTHAM N, HANKINS RICHARD A, GIRKAR MILIND B, DIEP TRUNG A, HELD JAMES PAUL, PATEL BAIJU V, SETHI PRASHANT, MALLICK ASIT K
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LanguageEnglish
Published 10.12.2013
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Method, apparatus and system embodiments to schedule OS-independent "shreds" without intervention of an operating system. For at least one embodiment, the shred is scheduled for execution by a scheduler routine rather than the operating system. A scheduler routine may run on each enabled sequencer. The schedulers may retrieve shred descriptors from a queue system. The sequencer associated with the scheduler may then execute the shred described by the descriptor. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20040027445