Patent ID: 7958183
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, in a data processing system, for performing collective operations, the data processing system comprising a plurality of supernodes, the plurality of supernodes comprising a plurality of processor books, and the plurality of processor books comprising a plurality of processors, the method comprising: determining, in software executing on a parent processor in a first processor book of the data processing system, a number of other processors in a same or different processor book of the data processing system needed to execute the collective operation, thereby establishing a subset of processors comprising the parent processor and the other processors; logically arranging, in the software executing on the parent processor, the subset of processors as a plurality of nodes in a hierarchical structure; transmitting the collective operation to the subset of processors based on the hierarchical structure; receiving, in hardware of the parent processor, results from the execution of the collective operation from the other processors; generating, in hardware of the parent processor, a final result of the collective operation based on the results received from execution of the collective operation by the other processors; and outputting the final result.