Memory-fabric-based processor context switching system
US11003488B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0683
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A memory-fabric-based processor context switching system includes server devices coupled to a memory fabric. A first processing system in a first server device receives a request to move a process it is executing and, in response, copies first processing system context values to its first local memory system in the first server device, and generates a first data mover instruction that causes a first data mover device in the first server device to transmit the first processing system context values from the first local memory system to the memory fabric. A second processing system in a second server device generates a second data mover instruction that causes a second data mover device in the second server device to retrieve the first processing system context values from the memory fabric and provide the first processing system context values in a second local memory system included in the second server device.
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