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INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING A CONDITIONAL YIELD INSTRUCTION AND METHOD THEREFOR

  • US 20070260863A1
  • Filed: 05/02/2006
  • Published: 11/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a processor, comprising:

  • as part of execution of a thread on the processor, executing a conditional yield instruction, wherein executing the conditional yield instruction comprises;

    retrieving a plurality of priority selection bits from a first portion of the conditional yield instruction;

    using the plurality of priority selection bits for selecting one of a priority criteria; and

    based on the selected priority criteria, determining whether the thread executing on the processor yields at least one resource to another thread.

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