Patents by Inventor Michael A. MUSTON

Michael A. MUSTON 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).

  • Techniques for faster loading of data for accelerators
    Patent number: 10528399
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for faster loading of data for hardware accelerators. One technique includes after determining that an accelerator is not ready to perform a workload, identifying data associated with performing the workload and negotiating for the data on behalf of the accelerator. After the negotiation, a cache directory entry associated with the data is marked with a “claimed” state indicating that the accelerator has obtained ownership of the data but does not have possession of the data. After an indication that the accelerator is ready to accept the data for the workload is received, the data is moved from a previous owner that has possession of the data to the accelerator. Another technique includes requesting a processing unit to perform a workload. If the processing unit is not ready to perform the workload, a translation cache used by the processing unit is warmed up by another unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Fredrickson, John Borkenhagen, Michael A. Muston, Spencer K. Millican, John D. Irish
  • TECHNIQUES FOR FASTER LOADING OF DATA FOR ACCELERATORS
    Publication number: 20190213050
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for faster loading of data for hardware accelerators. One technique includes after determining that an accelerator is not ready to perform a workload, identifying data associated with performing the workload and negotiating for the data on behalf of the accelerator. After the negotiation, a cache directory entry associated with the data is marked with a “claimed” state indicating that the accelerator has obtained ownership of the data but does not have possession of the data. After an indication that the accelerator is ready to accept the data for the workload is received, the data is moved from a previous owner that has possession of the data to the accelerator. Another technique includes requesting a processing unit to perform a workload. If the processing unit is not ready to perform the workload, a translation cache used by the processing unit is warmed up by another unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Mark S. FREDRICKSON, John BORKENHAGEN, Michael A. MUSTON, Spencer K. MILLICAN, John D. IRISH