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Creating A Thread Of Execution In A Computer Processor

  • US 20120144396A1
  • Filed: 12/02/2010
  • Published: 06/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of creating a thread of execution in a computer processor, the method comprising:

  • copying, by a hardware processor opcode called by a user-level process, with no operating system involvement, register contents from a parent hardware thread to a child hardware thread, the child hardware thread being in a wait state; and

    changing, by the hardware processor opcode, the child hardware thread from the wait state to an ephemeral run state.

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