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Performing synchronized collective operations over multiple process groups

US9665531B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Thomas George · Pewaukee, US
Nikhil Jain · San Diego, US
Sameer Kumar · White Plains, US
Anshul Mittal · Stanford, US
Yogish Sabharwal · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 13, 2012
Grant date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 12, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F15/17318
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and arrangements for performing synchronized collective operations. Communication calls are accepted from at least two distinct processor groups. Edge disjoint spanning paths are created over a collective comprising the processor groups, and the spanning paths are assigned to the processor groups to facilitate communication within each processor group.

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