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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Justin K. King, Rochester, MN (US);

Abby Harrison, Rochester, MN (US);

Jakob Olandt, Rochester, MN (US);

Brittany Duffy, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 1/329 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 9/5094 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method (and associated computing system and computer program product) comprises distributing computing workloads among a plurality of processing units of a computing system. The method further comprises, responsive to detecting a reduced power supply capacity of the computing system: determining, based on historical workload information, a first workload of the computing workloads to prioritize the completion thereof, and prioritizing power delivery to a first processing unit of the plurality of processing units to which the first workload is distributed. The method further comprises powering down the first processing unit responsive to completion of the first workload.


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