Mechanism to extend the remote get to do async rectangle broadcast on a rectangle with wild cards in the packet header
US9948543B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method (and structure) for improving efficiency in a multiprocessor system including a plurality of processor nodes interconnected in a multidimensional array, each processor node including a processor, an associated memory device, and an associated inter-nodal interface device for exchange of data with other nodes. Each processor can implement a broadcast procedure as an initiator node, using a format that permits inter-nodal interface devices at each node receiving a broadcast instruction packet to process the received broadcast instruction packet without using processing resources of the processor at the receiving node. Each inter-nodal interface device in each node can implement the broadcast procedure without using processing resources of the processor associated with the receiving node.
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