Patent ID: 11880687
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The system of claim 3, wherein the thread control memory further comprises a thread state register, the thread state register configured to store a valid status or a paused status for each thread identifier of the plurality of thread identifiers, and wherein the control logic and thread selection circuit is further configured to place the thread identifier in the execution queue when the thread identifier has the valid status, the control logic and thread selection circuit further configured, for as long as the valid status of the thread identifier remains, to periodically select the thread identifier in the execution queue for execution of an instruction of the execution thread by the processor core, and the control logic and thread selection circuit further configured to pause execution of the execution thread by not returning the thread identifier to the execution queue when the thread identifier has the paused status.