- In
computer science, compare-and-
swap (CAS) is an
atomic instruction used in
multithreading to
achieve synchronization. It
compares the
contents of a...
- programming, the
exclusive or
swap (sometimes
shortened to XOR
swap) is an
algorithm that uses the
exclusive or
bitwise operation to
swap the
values of two variables...
-
atomic swap (the RDLK
instruction in some
Burroughs mainframes, and the XCHG x86
instruction); test-and-set; fetch-and-add; compare-and-
swap;...
- the
ability to
swap variables directly through built-in
instructions. x86 processors, for example,
include an XCHG
instruction to
swap two
registers directly...
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- The x86
instruction set
refers to the set of
instructions that x86-compatible
microprocessors support. The
instructions are
usually part of an executable...
- if the
instruction set
includes support for
something such as "fetch-and-add", "load-link/store-conditional" (LL/SC), or "atomic compare-and-
swap". A given...
-
implementing the x86
instruction set
architecture (ISA) for instance, the
memory paging is
enabled via the CR0
control register. In the 1960s,
swapping was an early...
- than
using a
single pointer-wide compare-and-
swap instructions, some
processors have
other instructions intended to be more
resistant or
immune to the...
- The x86
instruction set has
several times been
extended with SIMD (Single
instruction,
multiple data)
instruction set extensions.
These extensions, starting...
