System and method for initializing a multinode multiprocessor computer system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5938765
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08924038

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An apparatus and method for initializing a shared-memory, multinode multiprocessor computer system. The nodes in the multiprocessor computer system separately and independently run standard PC-based BIOS routines in parallel for initialization of the nodes. These BIOS routines set addresses of hardware components on each node as though the nodes are in a single-node environment. After completion of BIOS, the addresses of the hardware components are reprogrammed to conform with the multinode environment. A master processor then takes control to boot the operating system on the multinode environment.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dove, Kenneth Frank Tigard, OR 3 131
Gage, Robert Bruce Beaverton, OR 4 99
Perrigo, Darin Jon Seattle, WA 1 63

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