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Samsung patents method for syncing data across multiple computer nodes

Samsung has filed a patent application for a system that allows multiple computer nodes to work together on shared data. The method involves a node reading from shared memory, modifying the data, storing it in its local cache, and then sending a command to signal that its part of the calculation is finished.

Why it mattersThis is a routine improvement to how large computer systems coordinate tasks, which helps ensure data accuracy when many processors work on the same problem at once.

In the filing’s own words

Systems and methods for computing with multiple nodes. In some embodiments, a method includes: reading, by a first node of a plurality of nodes, from a shared memory shared by the nodes, a first data value; modifying, by the first node, the first data value; storing, by the first node, the modified first data value in a cache of the first node; initiating, by the first node, a global synchronization command; and in response to the initiating, by the first node, of the global synchronization command: indicating, by the first node, that the first node has completed a time step synchronization.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method, comprising: reading, by a first node, from a shared memory shared by the first node and a second node, a first data value; modifying, by the first node, the first data value; storing, by the first node, the modified first data value in a cache of the first node; generating, by the first node, a synchronization command; and based on the synchronization command: modifying, by the first node, at least a portion of the cache of the first node; and indicating, by the first node, a time step synchronization completion at the first node.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTING WITH MULTIPLE NODES
Publication number
US20260259837A1
Application number
19654337
Filed
Apr 21, 2026
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 13/1663 Physics & computingG06F 12/0808 Physics & computingG06F 13/1689 Physics & computing
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