Patent
1995-06-09
1997-12-23
Butler, Dennis M.
395553, 395558, 395559, G06F 114
Patent
active
057014469
ABSTRACT:
A method for performing fine grain time adjustments in computer systems. A fine grain time adjustment can be completed in the first interrupt instead of doing it piecewise over many interrupts. If the adjustment offset is less than or equal to a threshold, then the clock is adjusted in the first clock interrupt; if the adjustment offset is greater than the threshold, then the clock is adjusted over a number of interrupts with an adjustment by an amount equal to the threshold per interrupt.
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Abali Bulent
Mraz Ronald
Butler Dennis M.
International Business Machines - Corporation
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