GB201801251D0 - Soft-partitioning of a register file cache - Google Patents

Soft-partitioning of a register file cache

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Publication number: GB201801251D0
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: partitioning; soft; register file; file cache; cache
Prior art date: 2013-11-29
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

GBGB1801251.8A

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Imagination Technologies Ltd

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Imagination Technologies Ltd

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2013-11-29

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2013-11-29

Publication date

2018-03-14

2013-11-29 Application filed by Imagination Technologies Ltd filed Critical Imagination Technologies Ltd

2013-11-29 Priority to GB1801251.8A priority Critical patent/GB2556740A/en

2013-11-29 Priority claimed from GB1617657.0A external-priority patent/GB2545307B/en

2018-03-14 Publication of GB201801251D0 publication Critical patent/GB201801251D0/en

2018-06-06 Publication of GB2556740A publication Critical patent/GB2556740A/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

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- G06F9/30098—Register arrangements
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- G06F9/3888—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead using a plurality of independent parallel functional units controlled by a single instruction for multiple threads [SIMT] in parallel

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GB1801251.8A 2013-11-29 2013-11-29 Soft-partitioning of a register file cache Withdrawn GB2556740A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB1801251.8A GB2556740A (en)	2013-11-29	2013-11-29	Soft-partitioning of a register file cache

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB1801251.8A GB2556740A (en)	2013-11-29	2013-11-29	Soft-partitioning of a register file cache
GB1617657.0A GB2545307B (en)	2013-11-29	2013-11-29	A module and method implemented in a multi-threaded out-of-order processor

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB201801251D0 true GB201801251D0 (en)	2018-03-14
GB2556740A GB2556740A (en)	2018-06-06

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2018-10-31	WAP	Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1)