Patents by Inventor Marcos A. Villareal

Marcos A. Villareal 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).

  • Ensuring affinity at all affinity domains by folding at each affinity level possible for a partition spanning multiple nodes
    Patent number: 8631132
    Abstract: The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for folding at each affinity level for a partition spanning multiple nodes. In one illustrative embodiment, a method is provided for identifying a number of domains in a number of affinity levels. A lightest loaded domain is identified in the number of domains identified. A number of nodes are identified in the lightest loaded domain identified. A lightest loaded node is identified in the number of nodes. A lightest loaded processing unit on the lightest loaded node is identified and the lightest loaded processing unit is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Basu Vaidyanathan, Marcos A. Villareal
  • Ensuring Affinity at All Affinity Domains by Folding at Each Affinity Level Possible for a Partition Spanning Multiple Nodes
    Publication number: 20120191859
    Abstract: The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for folding at each affinity level for a partition spanning multiple nodes. In one illustrative embodiment, a method is provided for identifying a number of domains in a number of affinity levels. A lightest loaded domain is identified in the number of domains identified. A number of nodes are identified in the lightest loaded domain identified. A lightest loaded node is identified in the number of nodes. A lightest loaded processing unit on the lightest loaded node is identified and the lightest loaded processing unit is folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Basu Vaidyanathan, Marcos A. Villareal