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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Edgar R. Cordero, Round Rock, TX (US);
Anand Haridass, Bangalore, IN;
Diyanesh B. Vidyapoornachary, Bangalore, IN;
Robert B. Tremaine, Stormville, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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.