Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing – Processing architecture – Array processor
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-19
2010-11-09
Petranek, Jacob (Department: 2183)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing
Processing architecture
Array processor
Reexamination Certificate
active
07831802
ABSTRACT:
Executing Multiple Instructions Multiple Data (‘MIMD’) programs on a Single Instruction Multiple Data (‘SIMD’) machine, the SIMD machine including a plurality of compute nodes, each compute node capable of executing only a single thread of execution, the compute nodes initially configured exclusively for SIMD operations, the SIMD machine further comprising a data communications network, the network comprising synchronous data communications links among the compute nodes, including establishing a SIMD partition comprising a plurality of the compute nodes; booting the SIMD partition in MIMD mode; executing by launcher programs a plurality of MIMD programs on compute nodes in the SIMD partition; and re-executing a launcher program by an operating system on a compute node in the SIMD partition upon termination of the MIMD program executed by the launcher program.
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Budnik Thomas A.
King Alan J.
McCarthy Patrick J.
Mundy Michael B.
Peters Amanda
Biggers & Ohanian LLP
International Business Machines - Corporation
Nock James R.
Petranek Jacob
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