Invention Grant
US08132038B2 System and method for calibrating a time of day (TOD) clock in a computing system node provided in a multi-node network
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用于校准在多节点网络中提供的计算系统节点中的时间(TOD)时钟的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for calibrating a time of day (TOD) clock in a computing system node provided in a multi-node network
- Patent Title (中): 用于校准在多节点网络中提供的计算系统节点中的时间(TOD)时钟的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12270179Application Date: 2008-11-13
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Publication No.: US08132038B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Dennis J. Dahlen , David A. Elko , Ronald M. Smith, Sr. , Lin Zhang
- Applicant: Dennis J. Dahlen , David A. Elko , Ronald M. Smith, Sr. , Lin Zhang
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent John Campbell
- Main IPC: G06F1/00
- IPC: G06F1/00 ; G06F1/14 ; G06F1/04

Abstract:
A system, method and computer program product for calibrating a Time Of Day (TOD)-clock in a computing system node provided in a multi-node network. The network comprises an infrastructure of computing devices each having a physical clock providing a time base for executing operations that is stepped to a common oscillator. The system implements steps for obtaining samples of timing values of a computing device in the network, the values including a physical clock value maintained at that device and a TOD-offset value; computing an oscillator skew value from the samples; setting a fine steering rate value as equal to the opposite of the computed oscillator skew value; and, utilizing the fine steering rate value to adjust the physical clock value and correct for potential oscillator skew errors occurring in the oscillator crystal at the computing device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090070618A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A TOD CLOCK Public/Granted day:2009-03-12
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