Disaggregated fabric-switched computing platform
US10592291B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 11, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2213/0026
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disaggregated computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a disaggregated computing architecture is presented. The method includes, receiving user commands to establish compute units among a plurality of physical computing components, each of the compute units comprising one or more of the plurality of physical computing components selected from among central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), storage modules, and network interface modules. The method also includes forming the compute units based at least on logical partitioning within a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) fabric communicatively coupling the plurality of physical computing components, wherein each of the compute units have visibility over the PCIe fabric to the one or more of the plurality of physical computing components assigned to the associated compute units using the logical partitioning within the PCIe fabric.
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