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Integrated link calibration and multi-processor topology discovery

US8996770B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Eberhard Amann · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
Frank Haverkamp · Wangen im Allgäu, DE
Jan Kunigk · Eppelheim, DE
Thomas Huth · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 23, 2012
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F15/177
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Integrating link calibration and dynamic topology discovery in a multi-processor system establishes a first of a plurality of processors in the multi-processor system as a director of integrated link calibration and dynamic topology discovery. A plurality of high speed interconnects connects the plurality of processors with each other. The director processor directs calibration of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects via a shared hardware resource. The shared hardware resource is shared among the plurality of processors. Topology of the multi-processor system is incrementally discovered as each of the plurality of high speed interconnects is calibrated based on a result of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects being calibrated.

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