Apparatus and method for initial load balancing in a multiple run queue system
US6735769B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3836
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for initial load balancing in a multiple run queue system are provided. The apparatus includes a controller, memory, initial load balancing device, idle load balancing device, periodic load balancing device, and starvation load balancing device. The apparatus performs initial load balancing, idle load balancing, periodic load balancing and starvation load balancing to ensure that the workloads for the processors of the system are optimally balanced.
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