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PROCESSORS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS TO RELAX SYNCHRONIZATION OF ACCESSES TO SHARED MEMORY

  • US 20140281196A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 09/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A processor comprising:

  • a plurality of logical processors;

    a first logical processor of the plurality, the first logical processor to execute software that includes a memory access synchronization instruction that is to synchronize accesses to a memory; and

    memory access synchronization relaxation logic to prevent the memory access synchronization instruction from synchronizing accesses to the memory when the processor is in a relaxed memory access synchronization mode.

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