Supporting metered clients with manycore through time-limited partitioning
US8645965B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/5012
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some embodiments, the invention involves partitioning resources of a manycore platform for simultaneous use by multiple clients, or adding/reducing capacity to a single client. Cores and resources are activated and assigned to a client environment by reprogramming the cores' route tables and source address decoders. Memory and I/O devices are partitioned and securely assigned to a core and/or a client environment. Instructions regarding allocation or reallocation of resources is received by an out-of-band processor having privileges to reprogram the chipsets and cores. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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