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Techniques for an interrupt free operating system

  • US 6,314,471 B1
  • Filed: 11/13/1998
  • Issued: 11/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in a multithreaded processor for processing events without interrupt notifications, the method comprising:

  • creating a thread to execute on a stream of the processor; and

    during execution of the thread, executing a loop that determines whether an event has occurred; and

    in response to determining whether an event has occurred, assigns a different thread to process the event so that multiple events can be processed in parallel.

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