Patent ID: 11956368
Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A microprocessor comprising logic configured to cause: generating a combined hash value based on a proposed block and a nonce value, the proposed block to be added to a blockchain that is maintained by a blockchain network; dividing the combined hash value into a plurality of hash value pieces, each hash value piece of the plurality of hash value pieces corresponding to a work packet of a plurality of work packets; in response to receiving the plurality of work packets, generating a plurality of results by performing, for each work packet of the plurality of work packets, one or more operations to complete work specified by the work packet; determining whether at least one result of the plurality of results satisfies one or more criteria; in response to determining that the at least one result of the plurality of results satisfies the one or more criteria, adding the proposed block to the blockchain.