Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable network infrastructure
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Application No.: US16106847Application Date: 2018-08-21
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Publication No.: US10831688B2Publication Date: 2020-11-10
- Inventor: Prasanna Jayaraman , Daniel M. Dreps , Erich J. Hauptli
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Jason Sosa, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F13/40
- IPC: G06F13/40 ; G06F13/42

Abstract:
A method, a system and a computer program product for supporting a reconfigurable hardware network topology including graphics processor units (GPU) and central processing unit (CPU) interconnectivity. The re-configurability of the network is based on data bandwidth and latency requirements of running workloads obtained by running training workload sequences upon the configured topology. For network re-configurability, a user enabled to directly connect high-speed cable links between CPU/GPU connectors and between GPU/GPU connectors. Further included in a configured network topology are switches configurable to provide one or more PCIe high-speed side-band links, as well as a high speed multiplexor, that can switch the network topology. The method prepares a system map of the hardware network topology, and generates a GPU weightage pattern based on data bandwidth and latencies of the configured GPUs such that GPUs are assigned to workloads based on its weightage to optimize workload performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200065283A1 RECONFIGURBLE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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