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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Charles J. Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael A. Blocksome, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian E. Smith, Rochester, MN (US);
Hanhong Xue, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Charles J. Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael A. Blocksome, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian E. Smith, Rochester, MN (US);
Hanhong Xue, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A parallel computer executes a number of tasks, each task includes a number of endpoints and the endpoints are configured to support collective operations. In such a parallel computer, establishing a group of endpoints receiving a user specification of a set of endpoints included in a global collection of endpoints, where the user specification defines the set in accordance with a predefined virtual representation of the endpoints, the predefined virtual representation is a data structure setting forth an organization of tasks and endpoints included in the global collection of endpoints and the user specification defines the set of endpoints without a user specification of a particular endpoint; and defining a group of endpoints in dependence upon the predefined virtual representation of the endpoints and the user specification.