Patents by Inventor Darren Benjamin Swank

Darren Benjamin Swank 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).

  • Apportioning a work unit to execute in parallel in a heterogeneous environment
    Patent number: 6496823
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented apportioning system. Work is distributed to processors in a multi-processor system. Initially, during bind-time, a scaling factor is determined for each processor. The scaling factor represents relative processing power in relation to each other processor. Then, portions of a total amount of work are distributed to each processor based on the determined scaling factor of that processor and a determined amount of work for an average processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ted Eric Blank, Tammie Dang, Fen-Ling Lin, Randy Mitchell Nakagawa, Bryan Frederick Smith, Craig Leonard Sutton, Darren Benjamin Swank, Hong Sang Tie, Dino Carlo Tonelli, Annie S. Tsang, Kouhorng Allen Yang, Kathryn Ruth Zeidenstein
  • APPORTIONING A WORK UNIT TO EXECUTE IN PARALLEL IN A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRNOMENT
    Publication number: 20020023069
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented apportioning system. Work is distributed to processors in a multi-processor system. Initially, during bind-time, a scaling factor is determined for each processor. The scaling factor represents relative processing power in relation to each other processor. Then, portions of a total amount of work are distributed to each processor based on the determined scaling factor of that processor and a determined amount of work for an average processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: TED ERIC BLANK, TAMMIE DANG, FEN-LING LIN, RANDY MITCHELL NAKAGAWA, BRYAN FREDERICK SMITH, CRAIG LEONARD SUTTON, DARREN BENJAMIN SWANK, HONG SANG TIE, DINO CARLO TONELLI, ANNIE S. TSANG, KOUHORNG ALLEN YANG, KATHRYN RUTH ZEIDENSTEIN