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Method and apparatus for pausing execution in a processor or the like

  • US 6,671,795 B1
  • Filed: 01/21/2000
  • Issued: 12/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of pausing execution of instructions in a thread, comprising:

  • determining if a first instruction for a first thread is an instruction of a first type;

    preventing instructions of said first thread from being processed for execution for a period of time if said first instruction is decoded to be of a first type while instructions from a second thread can be processed for execution; and

    resuming execution of said first thread responsive to retirement of said first instruction.

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