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Patent No.:

US 9459917 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2013

Thread selection according to power characteristics during context switching on compute nodes

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Charles J. Archer, Rochester, MN (US);

Michael A. Blocksome, Rochester, MN (US);

Amanda E. Randles, Cambridge, MA (US);

Joseph D. Ratterman, Seattle, WA (US);

Brian E. Smith, Knoxville, TN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Brandon C. Kennedy

Feb Cabrasawan

Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP

Primary Examiner:

Abu Ghaffari

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4893 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 9/5027 (2013.01); G06F 9/5094 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 9/46 (2013.01); G06F 9/48 (2013.01); G06F 2209/5018 (2013.01); Y02B 60/142 (2013.01); Y02B 60/144 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for thread selection during context switching on a plurality of compute nodes that includes: executing, by a compute node, an application using a plurality of threads of execution, including executing one or more of the threads of execution; selecting, by the compute node from a plurality of available threads of execution for the application, a next thread of execution in dependence upon power characteristics for each of the available threads; determining, by the compute node, whether criteria for a thread context switch are satisfied; and performing, by the compute node, the thread context switch if the criteria for a thread context switch are satisfied, including executing the next thread of execution.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Archer, Charles. (2016). Thread selection according to power characteristics during context switching on compute nodes (U.S. Patent No. 9459917). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9459917

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