Intel Corporation

Pradeepsunder Ganesh

Stephen T Palermo

Scott P Dubal

Jesse C Brandeburg

Jr-Shian Tsai

Anjali Singhai Jain

Iosif Gasparakis

Trevor Cooper

Mike Bursell

Kapil Sood

John Joseph Browne

Hang T Nguyen

Parthasarathy Sarangam

Chris MacNamara

Thomas E Willis

Ilango S Ganga

Prabhat K Gupta

Dwarkadisha D Kamhout

Parthasarathy Sangam

Stephen Thomas Palermo

Discussed herein are component redundancy systems, devices, and methods. A method to transfer a workload from a first component to a second component of a same device may include monitoring a wear indicator associated with the first component, and in response to an indication that the first component is stressed based on the wear indicator, transferring a workload of the first component to the second component.

Component redundancy systems, devices, and methods

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve computing resource utilization. An example apparatus includes an application specific sensor (AS) to monitor a workload of a platform, the workload executing on at least one general purpose central processing unit (CPU) of the platform, and a dynamic deployment module (DDM) to: in response to a workload performance threshold being satisfied, identify a bit stream capable of configuring a field programmable gate array (FPGA) to execute the workload, and configure the FPGA via the bit stream to execute at least a portion of the workload.

Methods and apparatus to improve computing resource utilization

The present disclosure is directed to enhanced virtual function capabilities in a virtualized network environment. In general, devices may comprise physical and virtualized resources. The physical resources may comprise at least a network adaptor that may handle incoming data from a network and outgoing data to the network. The virtualized resources may comprise at least one virtual machine (VM) and a corresponding interface. The corresponding interface may be one of a physical interface, a virtual interface or a 'super' virtual interface. The physical interface may provide a first set of capabilities allowing the VM to access (e.g., control) at least the network adaptor. The virtual interface may provide a second set of capabilities that is a subset of the first set. The super virtual interface may provide a third set of capabilities including the second set of capabilities and at least one additional capability from the first set of capabilities.

Enhanced virtual function capabilities in a virtualized network environment

Methods and Apparatus for Multi-Stage VM Virtual Network Function and Virtual Service Function Chain Acceleration for NFV and needs-based hardware acceleration. Compute platform hosting virtualized environments including virtual machines (VMs) running service applications performing network function virtualization (NFV) employ Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to provide a hardware-based fast path for performing VM-to-VM and NFV-to-NFV transfers. The FPGAs, along with associated configuration data are also configured to support dynamic assignment and performance of hardware-acceleration to offload processing tasks from processors in virtualized environments, such as cloud data centers and the like.

Methods and apparatus for multi-stage VM virtual network function and virtual service function chain acceleration for NFV and needs-based hardware acceleration

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Chandler, AZ, United States of America

Pradeepsunder Ganesh