Dispatching packets on a global combining network of a parallel computer

Title: Dispatching packets on a global combining network of a parallel computer

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for dispatching packets on a global combining network of a parallel computer comprising a plurality of nodes connected for data communications using the network capable of performing collective operations and point to point operations that include: receiving, by an origin system messaging module on an origin node from an origin application messaging module on the origin node, a storage identifier and an operation identifier, the storage identifier specifying storage containing an application message for transmission to a target node, and the operation identifier specifying a message passing operation; packetizing, by the origin system messaging module, the application message into network packets for transmission to the target node, each network packet specifying the operation identifier and an operation type for the message passing operation specified by the operation identifier; and transmitting, by the origin system messaging module, the network packets to the target node.

Inventors:

Almasi, Gheorghe ^[1]; Archer, Charles J ^[2]

Ardsley, NY
Rochester, MN

Issue Date:: 2011-07-19

Research Org.:: International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1021899

Patent Number(s):: 7984450

Application Number:: 11/946,136

Assignee:: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F13/387 - {for adaptation of different data processing systems to different peripheral devices, e.g. protocol converters for incompatible systems, open system}

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DOE Contract Number:: B554331

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2007 Nov 28

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

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Performance analysis of parallel programs via message-passing graph traversal conference, January 2006

Collective communication on architectures that support simultaneous communication over multiple links conference, January 2006

SPIN —an extensible microkernel for application-specific operating system services journal, January 1995

Visual Programming for Message-Passing Systems journal, August 1999

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conference, January 2006

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conference, January 2006

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journal, January 1995

Visual Programming for Message-Passing Systems
journal, August 1999

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conference, January 2005