US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on July 15 for "Thread commencement using a work descriptor packet in a self-scheduling processor" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,773, issued on July 15, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Thread commencement using a work descriptor packet in a self-scheduling processor" was invented by Tony M. Brewer (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for a self-scheduling processor which also provides additional functionality. Representative embodiments include a self-scheduling processor, comprising: a processor core adapted to execute a received instruction; and a core control circuit adapted to automatically schedule an instruction for execution by the processor core in re...