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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2012
Applicants:

Michael H. Dawson, Ottawa, CA;

Parijat Dube, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Liana L. Fong, Irvington, NY (US);

Yuqing Gao, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

Xavier R. Guerin, White Plains, NY (US);

Michel H. T. Hack, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);

Megumi Ito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Graeme Johnson, Ottawa, CA;

Nai K. Ling, Tuckahoe, NY (US);

Yanbin Liu, New Haven, CT (US);

Xiaoqiao Meng, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Pramod B. Nagaraja, Karnataka, IN;

Seetharami R. Seelam, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Wei Tan, Elmsford, NY (US);

LI Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael H. Dawson, Ottawa, CA;

Parijat Dube, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Liana L. Fong, Irvington, NY (US);

Yuqing Gao, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

Xavier R. Guerin, White Plains, NY (US);

Michel H. T. Hack, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);

Megumi Ito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Graeme Johnson, Ottawa, CA;

Nai K. Ling, Tuckahoe, NY (US);

Yanbin Liu, New Haven, CT (US);

Xiaoqiao Meng, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Pramod B. Nagaraja, Karnataka, IN;

Seetharami R. Seelam, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Wei Tan, Elmsford, NY (US);

Li Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Affinity-based preferential call technique, in one aspect, may improve performance of distributed applications in a hybrid system having heterogeneous platforms. A segment of code in a program being executed on a processor may be intercepted or trapped in runtime. A platform is selected in the hybrid system for executing said segment of code, the platform determined to run the segment of code with best efficiency among a plurality of platforms in the hybrid system. The segment of code is dynamically executed on the selected platform determined to run the segment of code with best efficiency.


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