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US 2016/0110203 A1Published application
Computer system for notifying signal change event through cache stashing
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorChi-Chang Lai
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Abstract
A computer system includes a cache unit and a first processing unit. The first processing unit runs a first program thread, and performs an instruction to store information of a signal change event into the cache unit through a cache stashing operation, where the signal change event is initiated by the first program thread for alerting a second program thread.
Claims20
A computer system comprising:
- a cache unit;
- and
- a first processing unit, arranged to run a first program thread, and perform an instruction to store information of a signal change event into the cache unit through a cache stashing operation, wherein the signal change event is initiated by the first program thread for alerting a second program thread.
A computer system comprising:
- a cache unit, arranged to store information of a signal change event in response to a cache stashing operation, wherein the signal change event is initiated by a first program thread;
- and
- a first processing unit, arranged to run a second program thread, and perform an instruction initiated by the second program thread for acquiring the information of the signal change event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.