APPORTIONING A WORK UNIT TO EXECUTE IN PARALLEL IN A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRNOMENT

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented apportioning system. Work is distributed to processors in a multi-processor system. Initially, during bind-time, a scaling factor is determined for each processor. The scaling factor represents relative processing power in re...

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Main Authors DANG TAMMIE, BLANK TED ERIC, TSANG ANNIE S, ZEIDENSTEIN KATHRYN RUTH, TONELLI DINO CARLO, SUTTON CRAIG LEONARD, NAKAGAWA RANDY MITCHELL, LIN FEN-LING, SMITH BRYAN FREDERICK, TIE HONG SANG, YANG KOUHORNG ALLEN, SWANK DARREN BENJAMIN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.02.2002
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented apportioning system. Work is distributed to processors in a multi-processor system. Initially, during bind-time, a scaling factor is determined for each processor. The scaling factor represents relative processing power in relation to each other processor. Then, portions of a total amount of work are distributed to each processor based on the determined scaling factor of that processor and a determined amount of work for an average processor.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19980159418