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Apparatus and method for process dispatching between individual processors of a multi-processor system

US6915516B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2000
Grant dateJul 5, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4881
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system allocate resources in a plurality of processors system. When a processor is idle, the system determines when another processor is not idle. The time the non-idle processor remains non-idle is timed, and once a predetermined amount of time elapses, if the non-idle processor is still not idle, the idle processor poaches a job from the non-idle processor.

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