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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2006
Ming-jen Wang, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Stephen Johnson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Owen Parry, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Bradley Dean Besmer, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Ming-jen Wang, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Stephen Johnson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Owen Parry, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Bradley Dean Besmer, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A data-processing method and system generally comprises identifying a plurality of hardware resources associated with a data-processing apparatus, time-slicing the plurality of hardware resources. Thereafter the plurality of active hardware resources can be allocated among a plurality of active hardware resources associated with the data-processing apparatus, thereby allowing a limited number of hardware resources to service a larger number of physical devices associated with the data-processing apparatus. An appropriate hardware resource can be selected from among the plurality of active hardware resources utilizing one or more swapping algorithms.