Invention Grant
- Patent Title: External exchange connectivity
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Application No.: US17658944Application Date: 2022-04-12
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Publication No.: US11940940B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Daniel Wilkinson , Stephen Felix , Simon Knowles , Graham Cunningham , David Lacey
- Applicant: Graphcore Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: GRAPHCORE LIMITED
- Current Assignee: GRAPHCORE LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
- Priority: GB 02793 2022.03.01
- Main IPC: G06F13/40
- IPC: G06F13/40 ; G06F9/30 ; G06F9/52

Abstract:
A processing device has a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of processors. During different phases of execution of a computer program, different processors are associated with different interfaces, such that the connectivity between processors and interfaces for the sending of egress data and the receiving of ingress data may change during execution of that computer program. The change in this connectivity is directed by the compiled code running on the processors. The compiled code selects which buses associated with which interfaces, given processors are to connect to for receipt of ingress data. Furthermore, the compiled code causes control messages to be sent to circuitry associated with the interfaces, so as to control which buses associated with which processors, given interfaces are to connect to.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230281144A1 External Exchange Connectivity Public/Granted day:2023-09-07
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