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Methods and apparatus for task sharing among a plurality of processors

  • US 20070083870A1
  • Filed: 07/29/2005
  • Published: 04/12/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method, comprising:

  • issuing a plurality of instructions in a processing pipeline of a first processor within a multiprocessor system;

    determining whether a second processor in said multiprocessor system is in at least one of a running state and a waiting state; and

    transferring at least one of said instructions to execution stages of a processing pipeline of said second processor and bypassing at least one earlier stage of said processing pipeline of said second processor, when said second processor is in said waiting state.

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