Dynamic GPU-enabled virtual machine provisioning across cloud providers
US12277451B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N20/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of provisioning virtual machines (VMs) includes: providing a VM pool that includes a graphics processing unit (GPU)-optimized VM and a non-GPU-optimized VM operating in different clouds. A control plane can receive an indication that a user has submitted a workload request, determine whether a GPU-optimized VM is available and instruct the non-GPU-optimized VM to send the workload to the GPU-optimized VM in a peer-to-peer manner. The GPU-optimized VM computes the workload and returns a result to the requesting VM. The control plane can instantiate a new GPU-optimized VM (or terminate it when the workload is complete) to dynamically maintain a desired number of available GPU-optimized VMs.
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