IBM Receives Patent for Collective Operations in Multi-Tiered Interconnect Architecture

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International Business Machines (IBM) has been assigned a patent for a "performing collective operations using software setup and partial software execution at leaf nodes in a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture." The patent is assigned the number 7,958,183 and was developed by four co-inventors: Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli, Ravi K. Arimilli, Ramakrishnan Rajamony, and William E. Speight. The abstract of the patent describes a mechanism for performing collective operations in a hierarchical structure, utilizing software executing on a parent processor and hardware of the parent processor to receive results and generate a final output.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patented mechanism enables collective operations in a multi-tiered interconnect architecture, facilitating efficient data processing and output.
  • The system involves determining a plurality of processors needed to execute the collective operation, logically arranging them in a hierarchical structure, and transmitting the operation to these processors.
  • The final result is generated by receiving results from the execution of the collective operation and combining them, with the final output being achieved through the hardware of the parent processor.
  • The patent application was filed on August 27, 2007, and was developed by four co-inventors affiliated with International Business Machines.
  • The patented technology has the potential to improve data processing efficiency and reduce computational time in complex operations.

Statistics:

  • Patent number: 7,958,183
  • Date of patent application filing: August 27, 2007 (11/845,224)
  • Number of co-inventors: 4 (Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli, Ravi K. Arimilli, Ramakrishnan Rajamony, and William E. Speight)

Sources:

  • "International Business Machines Assigned 7,958,183 Patent for Performing Collective Operations Using Software Setup," PR Newswire, June 9, 2008.
  • "7,958,183," United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • "Patent Full-Text and Image Database," U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.