Replacing mechanical/magnetic components with a supercomputer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10740274-B2
Application number	US-201916291608-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2019
Priority date	Sep 22, 2017
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

A supercomputer comprising a memory device and a plurality of interconnected hardware processors capable of performing parallel processing is coupled to a mainframe computer comprising one or more hardware processors. The supercomputer functions as a part of the mainframe computer's memory hierarchy.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method comprising:
connecting a second computer to a first computer, the first computer having faster processing capability than the second computer in data processing;
running a first application on the second computer, the first computer storing data for producing a result for the first application; and
invoking from the first application running on the second computer, an interface command to invoke a second application on the first computer,
the first computer functioning as a part of the second computer's memory hierarchy,
the first application receiving the result from the second application, wherein the first computer is located within a threshold distance of the second computer such that a latency in receiving the result by the first application from the first computer does not exceed a threshold latency value, wherein the data comprises inventory data of an organization and the second application computes a dynamic price list.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interface command comprises Customer Information Control System (CICS) commands.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first computer and the second computer communicate via an Ethernet link.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application invokes the second application to search the data and generate a model based on the data, the result produced based on the model.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises inventory data of an organization.

6. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to:
connect a second computer to a first computer, the first computer having faster processing capability than the second computer in data processing;
run a first application on the second computer, the first computer storing data for producing a result for the first application; and
invoke from the first application running on the second computer, an interface command to invoke a second application on the first computer,
the first computer functioning as a part of the second computer's memory hierarchy, the first application receiving the result from the second application, wherein the first computer is located within a threshold distance of the second computer such that a latency in receiving the result by the first application from the first computer does not exceed a threshold latency value, wherein the data comprises inventory data of an organization and the second application computes a dynamic price list.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the interface command comprises Customer Information Control System (CICS) commands.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the first computer and the second computer communicate via an Ethernet link.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the first application invokes the second application to search the data and generate a model based on the data, the result produced based on the model.

10. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the data comprises inventory data of an organization.

11. A system comprising:
a first computer coupled with a memory device, the first computer capable of performing parallel processing; and
a second computer operable to connect with the first computer;
the first computer capable of providing faster processing than the second computer in data processing,
wherein the first computer is operable to function as a part of the second computer's memory hierarchy,
wherein the first computer is located within a threshold distance of the second computer such that a latency in data transmission from the first computer to the second computer is within a threshold latency value, wherein the data comprises inventory data of an organization and the second application computes a dynamic price list.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first computer and the second computer communicate via an Ethernet link.

13. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
an application running on the second computer and accessing data stored on the first computer.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the data stored on the first computer is accessed by invoking an interface command from the second computer.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the interface command comprises Customer Information Control System (CICS) commands.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the data comprises inventory data of an organization.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Ward Thomas
• Fitch Blake

Classifications

• G06F9/541

  via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications · CPC title

• G06F9/5027

  the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• G06F13/4208 Primary

  being a system bus, e.g. VME bus, Futurebus, Multibus · CPC title

• G06Q30/0283

  Price estimation or determination · CPC title