- Patent 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
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Application No.: US14967166Application Date: 2015-12-11
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Publication No.: US09992135B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Surhud Khare , Dinesh Somasekhar , Ankit More , David S. Dunning , Nitin Y. Borkar , Shekhar Y. Borkar
- Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Alliance IP, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/935 ; H04L12/933 ; H04L12/721
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.
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