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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Edgar R. Cordero, Round Rock, TX (US);

Anand Haridass, Bangalore, IN;

Diyanesh B. Vidyapoornachary, Bangalore, IN;

Robert B. Tremaine, Stormville, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 12/0284 (2013.01); G06F 9/5083 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method is provided for coupling additional memory to a plurality of processors. The method may include determining the memory requirements of the plurality of processors in a system, comparing the memory requirements of the plurality of processors to an available memory assigned to each of the plurality of processors, and selecting a processor from the plurality of processors that requires additional memory capacity. The apparatus may include a plurality of processors, where the plurality of processors is coupled to a logic element. In addition, the apparatus may include an additional memory coupled to the logic element, where the logic element is adapted to select a processor from the plurality of processors to couple with the additional memory.


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