International Business Machines Corporation

Terry L Mothersole

Johnny G Barnes

Joe Wayne Blackard

Rajan Krishnamurty

A method to manage the operation of a coprocessor in a virtual memory type data processing system in which an Input/Output channel and an Input/output channel controller interconnect the coprocessor to the main processor and system memory. A Virtual Resource Manager (VRM) comprising a group of interrelated software programs function in the system to establish virtual machines that execute application programs concurrently. A Coprocessor Manager component of the VRM establishes a Virtual Machine in which the compressor executes application programs that cannot be executed on the main processor. The coprocessor is mounted on an integrated circuit card which is inserted into a `mother board` socket which contains the main processor and related components.

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Terry L Mothersole