Method of synchronizing independent functional unit
A system for synchronizing parallel processing of a plurality of functional processing units (FPU), a first FPU and a first program counter to control timing of a first stream of program instructions issued to the first FPU by advancement of the first program counter; a second FPU and a second program counter to control timing of a second stream of program instructions issued to the second FPU by advancement of the second program counter, the first FPU is in communication with a second FPU to synchronize the issuance of a first stream of program instructions to the second stream of program instructions and the second FPU is in communication with the first FPU to synchronize the issuance of the second stream program instructions to the first stream of program instructions.
- Research Organization:
- International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- B599858
- Assignee:
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,569,215
- Application Number:
- 15/237,026
- OSTI ID:
- 1343756
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 Aug 15
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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