Main processor support of tasks performed in memory

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9104464-B2
Application number	US-201213669877-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2012
Priority date	Nov 6, 2012
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a computer system including a main processor, a processing element and memory is provided. The method includes receiving, at the processing element, a task from the main processor, performing, by the processing element, an instruction specified by the task, determining, by the processing element, that a function is to be executed on the main processor, the function being part of the task, sending, by the processing element, a request to the main processor for execution, the request comprising execution of the function and receiving, at the processing element, an indication that the main processor has completed execution of the function specified by the request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating a computer system that comprises a main processor, a processing element that includes a programmable engine configured for performing tasks autonomously and a memory, the method comprising:
receiving, at the processing element, a task and an identifier of a support thread from the main processor;
performing, by the processing element, an instruction specified by the task;
determining, by the processing element, that a function that…

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Fleischer Bruce M
• Fox Thomas W
• Jacobson Hans M
• Nair Ravi

Classifications

• G06F9/3877 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/46 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/5044

  Physics · mapped topic

• Y02B60/142

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F2209/509

  Physics · mapped topic