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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Applicant:
Andrea Casotto, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrea Casotto, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Runtime Design Automation, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing fair-share preemption in a distributed computing environment is disclosed. The invention allows the suspension of jobs in a preempt-able set and the transfer of their respective resources, e.g. either hardware or software resources, to jobs in a preempting set. These activities are performed, all while assuring fairness among jobs scheduled to be executed and optimizing the use of available resources. In a preferred embodiment, the preempt-able and the preempting sets may include jobs characterized by, for example, job priorities, job ownership, or combinations thereof.