Obtaining and releasing hardware threads without hypervisor involvement

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8898441
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13452854

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A first hardware thread executes a software program instruction, which instructs the first hardware thread to initiate a second hardware thread. As such, the first hardware thread identifies one or more register values accessible by the first hardware thread. Next, the first hardware thread copies the identified register values to one or more registers accessible by the second hardware thread. In turn, the second hardware thread accesses the copied register values included in the accessible registers and executes software code accordingly.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Frazier, Giles Roger Austin, US 25 449
Hall, Ronald P Cedar Park, US 31 265

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