Server offload card with SoC and FPGA
US11593138B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 3, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/109
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A physical server with an offload card including a SoC (system-on-chip) and a FPGA (field programmable gate array) is disclosed. According to one set of embodiments, the SoC can be configured to offload one or more hypervisor functions from a CPU complex of the server that are suited for execution in software, and the FPGA can be configured to offload one or more hypervisor functions from the CPU complex that are suited for execution in hardware.
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