Patents by Inventor Steven A. Sexton

Steven A. Sexton 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).

  • Method to optimize core count for concurrent single and multi-thread application performance
    Patent number: 10564702
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a core optimization operation, comprising: enabling all of a plurality of processor cores of a processor; selectively turning off at least one of the plurality of processor cores, the selectively turning off the at least one of the plurality of processor cores being based upon an application to be executed by the processor, the selectively turning off being performed dynamically during runtime of the processor; and, controlling process thread distribution to the plurality of processor cores via an operating system executing on the processor, the process thread distribution not distributing threads to the turned off at least one of the plurality of processor cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Farzad Khosrowpour, Mitchell A. Markow, Steven A. Sexton
  • Method to Optimize Core Count for Concurrent Single and Multi-Thread Application Performance
    Publication number: 20190004861
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a core optimization operation, comprising: enabling all of a plurality of processor cores of a processor; selectively turning off at least one of the plurality of processor cores, the selectively turning off the at least one of the plurality of processor cores being based upon an application to be executed by the processor, the selectively turning off being performed dynamically during runtime of the processor; and, controlling process thread distribution to the plurality of processor cores via an operating system executing on the processor, the process thread distribution not distributing threads to the turned off at least one of the plurality of processor cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Farzad Khosrowpour, Mitchell A. Markow, Steven A. Sexton