Patents by Inventor Gary R. Montry

Gary R. Montry 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).

  • Methods for operating parallel computing systems employing sequenced communications
    Patent number: 5935216
    Abstract: A parallel computing system and method having improved performance where a program is concurrently run on a plurality of nodes for reducing total processing time, each node having a processor, a memory, and a predetermined number of communication channels connected to the node and independently connected directly to other nodes. The present invention improves performance of performance of the parallel computing system by providing a system which can provide efficient communication between the processors and between the system and input and output devices. A method is also disclosed which can locate defective nodes with the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Benner, John L. Gustafson, Gary R. Montry
  • Method for simultaneous overlapped communications between neighboring processors in a multiple
    Patent number: 5072371
    Abstract: A parallel computing system and method having improved performance where a program is concurrently run on a plurality of nodes for reducing total processing time, each node having a processor, a memory, and a predetermined number of communication channels connected to the node and independently connected directly to other nodes. The present invention improves performance of performance of the parallel computing system by providing a system which can provide efficient communication between the processors and between the system and input and output devices. A method is also disclosed which can locate defective nodes with the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Robert E. Benner, John L. Gustafson, Gary R. Montry