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US 2019/0095376 A1Published application
Replacing mechanical/magnetic components with a supercomputer
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsThomas Ward, Blake Fitch
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Abstract
A supercomputer comprising a memory device and a plurality of interconnected hardware processors capable of performing parallel processing is coupled to a mainframe computer comprising one or more hardware processors. The supercomputer functions as a part of the mainframe computer's memory hierarchy.
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The method of claim 5, wherein the interface command comprises Customer Information Control System (CICS) commands.
The method of claim 5, wherein the supercomputer and the mainframe computer are connected via an Ethernet link.
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A method comprising:
- connecting a supercomputer to a mainframe computer, the supercomputer having faster processing capability than the mainframe computer in data processing;
- running a first application on the mainframe computer;
- storing data on the supercomputer, the data for producing a result for the first application;
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- invoking from the first application running on the mainframe, an interface command to invoke a second application on the supercomputer,
- the supercomputer functioning as a part of the mainframe computer's memory hierarchy,
- wherein the first application invokes the second application to search the data and generate a model based on the data, the result produced based on the model, the second application communicating the result to the first application, wherein the supercomputer is placed within a threshold distance of the mainframe computer such that a latency in receiving the result by the first application from the supercomputer does not exceed a threshold latency value.
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