Patents by Inventor Nicholas Bruce Goracke

Nicholas Bruce Goracke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Memory request/grant daemons in virtual nodes for moving subdivided local memory space from VN to VN in nodes of a massively parallel computer system
    Patent number: 7900014
    Abstract: A memory management mechanism a nodal having multiple processors in a massively parallel computer system dynamically configures nodal memory on demand. A respective variable-sized subdivision of nodal memory is associated with each processor in the node. A processor may request additional memory, and the other processor(s) may grant or veto the request. If granted, the requested memory is added to the subdivision of the requesting processor. A processor can only access memory within its own subdivision. Preferably, each subdivision contains a daemon which monitors memory usage and generates requests for additional memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jay Symmes Bryant, Nicholas Bruce Goracke, Daniel Paul Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel
  • Memory Request/Grant Daemons in Virtual Nodes for Moving Subdivided Local Memory Space from VN to VN in Nodes of a Massively Parallel Computer System
    Publication number: 20080270731
    Abstract: A memory management mechanism a nodal having multiple processors in a massively parallel computer system dynamically configures nodal memory on demand. A respective variable-sized subdivision of nodal memory is associated with each processor in the node. A processor may request additional memory, and the other processor(s) may grant or veto the request. If granted, the requested memory is added to the subdivision of the requesting processor. A processor can only access memory within its own subdivision. Preferably, each subdivision contains a daemon which monitors memory usage and generates requests for additional memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jay Symmes Bryant, Nicholas Bruce Goracke, Daniel Paul Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel
  • Memory request / grant daemons in virtual nodes for moving subdivided local memory space from VN to VN in nodes of a massively parallel computer system
    Patent number: 7428629
    Abstract: A memory management mechanism a nodal having multiple processors in a massively parallel computer system dynamically configures nodal memory on demand. A respective variable-sized subdivision of nodal memory is associated with each processor in the node. A processor may request additional memory, and the other processor(s) may grant or veto the request. If granted, the requested memory is added to the subdivision of the requesting processor. A processor can only access memory within its own subdivision. Preferably, each subdivision contains a daemon which monitors memory usage and generates requests for additional memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jay Symmes Bryant, Nicholas Bruce Goracke, Daniel Paul Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel
  • Method and Apparatus for Subdividing Local Memory in Nodes of a Massively Parallel Computer System
    Publication number: 20080040561
    Abstract: A memory management mechanism a nodal having multiple processors in a massively parallel computer system dynamically configures nodal memory on demand. A respective variable-sized subdivision of nodal memory is associated with each processor in the node. A processor may request additional memory, and the other processor(s) may grant or veto the request. If granted, the requested memory is added to the subdivision of the requesting processor. A processor can only access memory within its own subdivision. Preferably, each subdivision contains a daemon which monitors memory usage and generates requests for additional memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Jay Symmes Bryant, Nicholas Bruce Goracke, Daniel Paul Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel