Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for dynamic allocation of processing resources

US7661107B1 · kind B1 · utility

183Cited by

27References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

Korbin S. Van Dyke · Sunol, US
Paul Campbell · Oakland, US
Don A. Van Dyke · Pleasanton, US
Ali Alasti · Los Altos, US
Stephen C. Purcell · Carrboro, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 18, 2000
Grant date	Feb 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/5044
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for dynamic allocation of processing resources and tasks, including multimedia tasks. Tasks are queued, available processing resources are identified, and the available processing resources are allocated among the tasks. The available processing resources are provided with functional programs corresponding to the tasks. The tasks are performed using the available processing resources to produce resulting data, and the resulting data is passed to an input/output device.

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