Broadcasting a condition to threads executing on a plurality of on-chip processors

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8438569
APP PUB NO 20060085791A1
SERIAL NO

10965634

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The present invention provides for notifying threads. A determination is made whether there is a condition for which a thread is to be notified. If so, a notification indicia is broadcasted. A flag is set in at least one memory storage area as a function of the notification indicia wherein the setting the flag occurs without the intervention of an operating system. Therefore, latencies for notification of threads are minimized.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Day, Michael Norman Round Rock, US 66 1786
Nutter, Mark Richard Austin, US 73 1572
Stasiak, Daniel Lawrence Austin, US 31 398

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