The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Li Zhao, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lingling Jin, San Mateo, CA (US);
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED, George Town, KY;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and systems directed to providing quality of service to cluster of accelerators. The system can include a root connector; an interconnect switch communicatively coupled to the root connector over a plurality of lanes comprising a first set of lanes and a second set of lanes, wherein the first set of lanes are associated with a first virtual communication channel and a second set of lanes are associated with a second virtual communication channel; a first accelerator communicatively coupled to the interconnect switch and associated with a first traffic class identifier corresponding to first communication traffic communicated over the first set of lanes; and a plurality of accelerators communicatively coupled to the interconnect switch and associated with a second traffic class identifier that corresponds to second communication traffic having lower priority than the first communication traffic and that is communicated over the second set of lanes.