Patents by Inventor Charles F. Giefer

Charles F. Giefer 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).

  • Patent number: 9852107
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for algorithmic mapping of logical process identifiers in order to provide highly-scalable end-point addressing in multi-node systems capable of performing massively parallel applications. In particular, nodes initiating inter-process communication with a target process may use an initiator-side translation process that performs an algorithmic mapping to translate a logical process identifier (e.g., a rank/processing element) into a target physical node identifier and a target local process identifier. The initiating node may then use hardware fabric of a multi-node network to route the inter-process communication to an appropriate node. A node may receive an inter-process communication and may use a target-side translation process in hardware to translate the target virtual process identifier into a local process identifier for the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keith Underwood, Charles F. Giefer, David Addison
  • Publication number: 20170185563
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for algorithmic mapping of logical process identifiers in order to provide highly-scalable end-point addressing in multi-node systems capable of performing massively parallel applications. In particular, nodes initiating inter-process communication with a target process may use an initiator-side translation process that performs an algorithmic mapping to translate a logical process identifier (e.g., a rank/processing element) into a target physical node identifier and a target local process identifier. The initiating node may then use hardware fabric of a multi-node network to route the inter-process communication to an appropriate node. A node may receive an inter-process communication and may use a target-side translation process in hardware to translate the target virtual process identifier into a local process identifier for the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Underwood, Charles F. Giefer, David Addison