Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transactional memory computing system with support for chained transactions
- Patent Title (中): 事务性内存计算系统支持连锁交易
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Application No.: US11928661Application Date: 2007-10-30
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Publication No.: US08095741B2Publication Date: 2012-01-10
- Inventor: Thomas J Heller, Jr. , Richard L Baum
- Applicant: Thomas J Heller, Jr. , Richard L Baum
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent John Campbell
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28 ; G06F9/46

Abstract:
A computing system processes memory transactions for parallel processing of multiple threads of execution provides execution of multiple atomic instruction groups (AIGs) on multiple systems to support a single large transaction that requires operations on multiple threads of execution and/or on multiple systems connected by a network. The support provides a Transaction Table in memory and fast detection of potential conflicts between multiple transactions. Special instructions may mark the boundaries of a transaction and identify memory locations applicable to a transaction. A ‘private to transaction’ (PTRAN) tag, directly addressable as part of the main data storage memory location, enables a quick detection of potential conflicts with other transactions that are concurrently executing on another thread. The tag indicates whether (or not) a data entry in memory is part of a speculative memory state of an uncommitted transaction that is currently active in the system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090113443A1 Transactional Memory Computing System with Support for Chained Transactions Public/Granted day:2009-04-30
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