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Parallel processing system by OS for single processors and parallel processing program

US7526673B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 2004
Grant dateApr 28, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/54
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a parallel processing system by an OS for single processors which operates an OS for single processors and an existing application for single processors on a multiprocessor to realize parallel processing by the multiprocessor with respect to the application, with the multiprocessor being logically divided into two groups of a first processor side and a second processor side, a unit of work that can be parallelized within the application operating on a processor on the first processor side is controlled as a new unit of work on a processor on the second processor side.

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