Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Chidester

Kevin L. Chidester 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).

  • Implementing feedback directed NUMA mitigation tuning
    Patent number: 8793459
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing feedback directed Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) mitigation tuning in a computer system. During a page frame memory allocation for a process, predefined monitored performance metrics are compared with stored threshold values. Responsive to the compared values, selected use of local memory is dynamically modified during the page frame memory allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin L. Chidester, Jay P. Kurtz
  • IMPLEMENTING FEEDBACK DIRECTED NUMA MITIGATION TUNING
    Publication number: 20130111177
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing feedback directed Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) mitigation tuning in a computer system. During a page frame memory allocation for a process, predefined monitored performance metrics are compared with stored threshold values. Responsive to the compared values, selected use of local memory is dynamically modified during the page frame memory allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin L. Chidester, Jay P. Kurtz