US Patent Application 18232276. UNLOCKING COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR DECOMPOSABLE DATA CENTERS simplified abstract
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UNLOCKING COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR DECOMPOSABLE DATA CENTERS
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Inventor(s)
Chakradhar Kar of San Jose CA (US)
Sagar Borikar of San Jose CA (US)
Ramesh Sivakolundu of Saratoga CA (US)
Ayan Banerjee of Fremont CA (US)
Anant Thakar of Los Altos CA (US)
UNLOCKING COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR DECOMPOSABLE DATA CENTERS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18232276 titled 'UNLOCKING COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR DECOMPOSABLE DATA CENTERS
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes techniques for sending Compute Express Link (CXL) packets over Ethernet (CXL-E) in a composable data center that may have disaggregated, composable servers.
- The techniques involve establishing a first CXL-E connection between a first server device and a multiple logical device (MLD) appliance, based on a request to bind the first server device with the MLD appliance.
- This first CXL-E connection allows the first server device to export a computing resource to the MLD appliance.
- The MLD appliance then indicates when the computing resource is available.
- A second server device can then request the computing resource from the MLD appliance, and a second CXL-E connection is established for the second server device to consume or utilize the computing resource of the first server device via the MLD appliance.
Overall, the patent application presents a method for efficiently sharing computing resources between server devices in a composable data center using CXL-E connections and an MLD appliance.
Original Abstract Submitted
Techniques for sending Compute Express Link (CXL) packets over Ethernet (CXL-E) in a composable data center that may include disaggregated, composable servers. The techniques may include receiving, from a first server device, a request to bind the first server device with a multiple logical device (MLD) appliance. Based at least in part on the request, a first CXL-E connection may be established for the first server device to export a computing resource to the MLD appliance. The techniques may also include receiving, from the MLD appliance, an indication that the computing resource is available, and receiving, from a second server device, a second request for the computing resource. Based at least in part on the second request, a second CXL-E connection may be established for the second server device to consume or otherwise utilize the computing resource of the first server device via the MLD appliance.
