Service chaining hardware accelerators within a data stream processing integrated circuit
US10929175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/503
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques that include establishing a service chain of operations that are performed on a network packet as a sequence of operations. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes storing, by a data processing unit integrated circuit, a plurality of work unit frames in a work unit stack representing a plurality of service chain operations, including a first service chain operation, a second service chain operation, and a third service chain operation; executing, by the data processing unit integrated circuit, the first service chain operation, wherein executing the first service chain operation generates operation data; determining, by the data processing unit integrated circuit and based on the operation data, whether to perform the second service chain operation; and executing, by the data processing unit integrated circuit, the third service chain operation after skipping the second service chain operation.
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