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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Bealkowski, Redmond, WA (US);
Patrick M. Bland, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ;
Abstract
A system for partitioning and allocating individual PCI slots within a Primary Host Bridge (PHB) in a partitioned computer system is provided. An innovative PHB system is included which allows a PCI slot to be dynamically assigned to one or more partitions at a given time, allowing for more efficient allocation of system resources.