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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Graphcore Limited, Bristol, GB;

Inventor:

Hachem Yassine, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:

GRAPHCORE LIMITED, Bristol, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 15/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/20 (2013.01); G06F 15/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processor comprises a plurality of processing units on an integrated circuit interconnected by an exchange. The exchange has a group of exchange paths extending between first and second portions of the integrated circuit. Each group has a first exchange block in the first portion and a second exchange block in the second portion. The processor has a first external interface in the first portion a second external interface in the second portion and a routing bus which routes packets between the external interfaces and the exchange blocks. The first external interface exchanges packets between the integrated circuit and a host. The second interface exchanges packets between the integrated circuit and another integrated circuit. Errors may be trapped when packets are wrongly addressed. A network of such processors is also provided.


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