Patents by Inventor Hsing Heng Hsieh

Hsing Heng Hsieh 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).

  • Adjustable priority ratios for multiple task queues
    Patent number: 9898341
    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes assigning, to each respective task queue of a plurality of task queues, a respective priority ratio based at least in part on a number of tasks in the respective task queue. The method further includes assigning, by a processor of a plurality of processors, respective tasks from the respective task queues to at least one processor of the plurality of processors in an order based at least in part on the respective priority ratio, wherein the respective priority ratio defines a relative frequency with which tasks from the respective task queue are assigned to the at leak one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dar-Der Chang, Hsing Heng Hsieh, Charles Dominic Potter
  • ADJUSTABLE PRIORITY RATIOS FOR MULTIPLE TASK QUEUES
    Publication number: 20170249191
    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes assigning, to each respective task queue of a plurality of task queues, a respective priority ratio based at least in part on a number of tasks in the respective task queue. The method further includes assigning, by a processor of a plurality of processors, respective tasks from the respective task queues to at least one processor of the plurality of processors in an order based at least in part on the respective priority ratio, wherein the respective priority ratio defines a relative frequency with which tasks from the respective task queue are assigned to the at leak one processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Dar-Der Chang, Hsing Heng Hsieh, Charles Dominic Potter