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Reducing power consumption during execution of an application on a plurality of compute nodes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1093238
Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for reducing power consumption during execution of an application on a plurality of compute nodes that include: powering up, during compute node initialization, only a portion of computer memory of the compute node, including configuring an operating system for the compute node in the powered up portion of computer memory; receiving, by the operating system, an instruction to load an application for execution; allocating, by the operating system, additional portions of computer memory to the application for use during execution; powering up the additional portions of computer memory allocated for use by the application during execution; and loading, by the operating system, the application into the powered up additional portions of computer memory.
Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,533,504
Application Number:
12/129,334
OSTI ID:
1093238
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English