Computing device for switching context, method of operation and storage system thereof

Abstract

The computing device includes a processor and a context switcher. The context switcher includes a data structure module for storing a context, which includes the starting address of a thread and values ​​associated with that thread. In an idle state, the processor loads a first context for a first thread from the corresponding data structure module in synchronization with a first cycle of a clock signal. In an active state, the processor processes the first thread according to the first context. Furthermore, in an active state, the processor provides a second context for a second thread to the context switcher. This second thread follows and will be processed in parallel with the first thread. The second context is stored in a subsequent data structure module within the context switcher's data structure module, which corresponds to a subsequent processor for processing the second thread.

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