Resource sharing aware task partitioning for multiprocessors

US8938739B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8938739-B2
Application numberUS-201213487185-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 2, 2012
Priority dateJun 2, 2012
Publication dateJan 20, 2015
Grant dateJan 20, 2015

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A multi processor task allocation method is described that considers task dependencies while performing task allocation in order to avoid blocking of a task's execution while waiting for the resolution of the dependency. While allocating the tasks to the processors the potential blocking time is considered, and the best allocation that will have the least amount of blocking time is found.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of multiprocessor task partitioning comprising the steps of: calculating processor utilization for each task; combining tasks sharing a common resource to form composite tasks; calculating processor utilization for each composite task; arranging not combined tasks and the composite tasks in a non increasing order of their processor utilization in an array; applying a worst fit decreasing heuristic on the tasks in said array; using a respon…

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What does patent US8938739B2 cover?
A multi processor task allocation method is described that considers task dependencies while performing task allocation in order to avoid blocking of a task's execution while waiting for the resolution of the dependency. While allocating the tasks to the processors the potential blocking time is considered, and the best allocation that will have the least amount of blocking time is found.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kandhalu Raghu Arvind, Lee Sejoong, Choi Soon-Hyeok, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F9/5066. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 20 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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