Applied Materials, Inc.

Bilal Shafi Sheikh

Tameesh Suri

Myron O Shak

Naveed Zaman

A router may include input buffers that receive a packet being transmitted from a source to a destination, a state generator that determines a state for the packet, and a memory representing weights for actions corresponding to possible states. The memory may be configured to return an action corresponding to the state of the packet, where the action may indicate a next hop in the route between the source and the destination. The router may also include reward logic configured to generate the weights for the plurality of actions in the memory. The reward logic may receive a global reward corresponding to the route between the source and the destination, calculate a local reward corresponding to next hops available to the router; and combine the global reward and the local reward to generate the weights for the plurality of actions in the memory.

Router architecture for multi-dimensional topologies in on-chip and on-package networks

A network-on-package (NoPK) for connecting a plurality of chiplets may include a plurality of interface bridges configured to convert a plurality of protocols used by the plurality of chiplets into a common protocol, a routing network configured to route traffic between the plurality of interface bridges using the common protocol, and a controller configured to program the plurality of interface bridges and the routing network based on types of the plurality of chiplets connected to the NoPK. The NoPK may provide a scalable connection for any number of chiplets from different ecosystems using different communication protocols.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Bilal Shafi Sheikh