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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Arun Kumar Chengottarasappan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Santhosh V. Kudva, Karnataka, IN;
Arun Kumar Chengottarasappan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Santhosh V. Kudva, Karnataka, IN;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for providing, with a GPU, selective cryptographic assist to data storage operations. The method is performed by a computer, the computer having a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU) and a special-purpose processor optimized for performing vector-based calculations. The method includes (a) calculating a processing load value on the CPU as the CPU performs a set of data storage operations, (b) comparing the calculated processing load value to a threshold value, (c) if the threshold value exceeds the calculated processing load, then performing cryptographic operations related to a data storage operation of the set of data storage operations on the CPU to the exclusion of the special-purpose processor, and (d) otherwise, performing the cryptographic operations related to the data storage operation on the special-purpose processor to the exclusion of the CPU. A corresponding apparatus is also provided. A method is also provided for providing GPU-assist to sequence-detection operations.