Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FUSION OF COMPUTE AND SWITCHING FUNCTIONS OF EXASCALE SYSTEM INTO A SINGLE COMPONENT BY USING CONFIGURABLE NETWORK-ON-CHIP FABRIC WITH DISTRIBUTED DUAL MODE INPUT-OUTPUT PORTS AND PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK INTERFACES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/138992
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a Network-On-Chip fabric using crossbar switches, having distributed ingress and egress ports; and a dual-mode network interface coupled to at least one crossbar switch, the dual-mode network interface is to include: a dual-mode circuitry; a controller operable to: configure the dual-mode circuitry to transmit and receive differential signals via the egress and ingress ports, respectively, and configure the dual-mode circuitry to transmit and receive signal-ended signals via the egress and ingress ports, respectively.
Inventors:
KHARE SURHUD (IN)
SOMASEKHAR DINESH (US)
MORE ANKIT (US)
DUNNING DAVID S (US)
BORKAR NITIN Y (US)
BORKAR SHEKHAR Y (US)
SOMASEKHAR DINESH (US)
MORE ANKIT (US)
DUNNING DAVID S (US)
BORKAR NITIN Y (US)
BORKAR SHEKHAR Y (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2016/060871
Publication Date:
October 26, 2017
Filing Date:
November 07, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INTEL CORP (US)
International Classes:
G06F13/16; G06F13/40; H04L49/111
Foreign References:
| US20040160242A1 | 2004-08-19 | |||
| US20140143470A1 | 2014-05-22 | |||
| US20100229020A1 | 2010-09-09 | |||
| US20090024833A1 | 2009-01-22 | |||
| US20140047157A1 | 2014-02-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MUGHAL, Usman A. (US)
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