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Title: Pacing a data transfer operation between compute nodes on a parallel computer

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1027258

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for pacing a data transfer between compute nodes on a parallel computer that include: transferring, by an origin compute node, a chunk of an application message to a target compute node; sending, by the origin compute node, a pacing request to a target direct memory access (`DMA`) engine on the target compute node using a remote get DMA operation; determining, by the origin compute node, whether a pacing response to the pacing request has been received from the target DMA engine; and transferring, by the origin compute node, a next chunk of the application message if the pacing response to the pacing request has been received from the target DMA engine.

Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
B554331
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,018,951
Application Number:
11/776,707
OSTI ID:
1027258
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English