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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
Andrew W. Wilson, Fremont, CA (US);
John Acton, Danville, CA (US);
Charles Binford, Wichita, KS (US);
Daniel R. Cassiday, Topsfield, MA (US);
Raymond J. Lanza, Nashua, NH (US);
Andrew W. Wilson, Fremont, CA (US);
John Acton, Danville, CA (US);
Charles Binford, Wichita, KS (US);
Daniel R. Cassiday, Topsfield, MA (US);
Raymond J. Lanza, Nashua, NH (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Data buffering allocation in a microprocessor complex for a request of memory allocation is supported through a remote buffer batch allocation protocol. The separation of control and data placement allows simultaneous maximization of microprocessor complex load sharing, and minimization of inter-processor signaling/metadata migration. Separating processing control from data placement allows the location of data buffering to be chosen so as to maximize bus bandwidth utilization and achieve non-blocking switch behavior. This separation reduces the need for inter-processor communication and associated interrupts thus improving computation efficiency and performance.