Title:
METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTER-CORE COMMUNICATION IN MULTI-CORE PROCESSORS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/121085
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed for efficient communication between processor units in a multi-core processor integrated circuit architecture. In example embodiments of the invention, a method comprises: storing with a shared inter-core communication unit in a multi-core processor, first data produced by a producer processor core, in a first token memory located at a first memory address of a memory address space; and connecting with the shared inter-core communication unit, the first token memory to a consumer processor core of the multi-core processor, to load the first data from the first token memory into the consumer processor core, in response to a first-type command from the producer processor core.
Inventors:
ZETTERMAN TOMMI JUHANI (FI)
RAISKILA KALLE AUGUST (FI)
HIRVOLA HARRI (FI)
RAISKILA KALLE AUGUST (FI)
HIRVOLA HARRI (FI)
Application Number:
PCT/FI2013/050088
Publication Date:
October 24, 2013
Filing Date:
January 28, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NOKIA CORP (FI)
International Classes:
G06F12/08; G06F9/38; G06F13/362
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1997034237A2 | 1997-09-18 |
Foreign References:
| US6463532B1 | 2002-10-08 | |||
| US5210861A | 1993-05-11 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2815322A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NOKIA CORPORATION et al. (Jussi JaatinenKeilalahdentie 4, Espoo, FI)
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