USER-LEVEL FORK AND JOIN PROCESSORS, METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND INSTRUCTIONS

USER-LEVEL FORK AND JOIN PROCESSORS, METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND INSTRUCTIONS

A processor of an aspect includes a plurality of processor elements, and a first processor element. The first processor element may perform a user-level fork instruction of a software thread. The first processor element may include a decoder to decode the user-level fork instruction. The user-level...

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Hauptverfasser: ROBISON, Arch D, PARDO, Ilan, COWNIE, James H, BEN-KIKI, Oren
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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COMPUTING
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ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:A processor of an aspect includes a plurality of processor elements, and a first processor element. The first processor element may perform a user-level fork instruction of a software thread. The first processor element may include a decoder to decode the user-level fork instruction. The user-level fork instruction is to indicate at least one instruction address. The first processor element may also include a user-level thread fork module. The user-level fork module, in response to the user-level fork instruction being decoded, may configure each of the plurality of processor elements to perform instructions in parallel. Other processors, methods, systems, and instructions are disclosed.