A wake-and-go mechanism is provided for a data processing system. When a thread is waiting for an event, rather than performing a series of get-and-compare sequences, the thread updates a wake-and-go array with a target address associated with the event. The wake-and-go mechanism may save the state of...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US20090199183?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US20090199183 - Wake-and-Go Mechanism with Hardware Private Array