Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090103855 | Three-dimensional die stacks with inter-device and intra-device optical interconnect - Examples of a computer system packaged in a three-dimensional stack of dies are described. The package includes an electrical die and an optical die coupled to and stacked with the electrical die. The electrical die includes circuitry to process and communicate electrical signals, and the optical die includes structures to transport optical signals. The electrical die has a smaller area than the optical die so that the optical die includes an exposed mezzanine which is configured with optical input/output ports. Additionally, the packaging can be configured to provide structural support against insertion forces for external optical connections. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103929 | Synchronous optical bus providing communication between computer system components - A synchronous optical bus system for communication between computer system components is described. In one example, the optical bus system is used for communication between a memory controller and memory devices optically coupled to an optical interconnect. Optical bus interface units couple the components to the optical interconnect and are arranged on the optical interconnect in order that a sum of an optical path length from a controller component to each computer system component and from each computer system component to the controller component is the same for all the coupled computer system components. A synchronous protocol is used for communication between the components. | 04-23-2009 |
20110010525 | On-chip and Chip-to-chip Routing Using a Processor Element/Router Combination - A system and method is shown for on-chip and chip-to-chip routing. The system and method includes a processor element residing on a processor die to process a data packet received at the processor die. The system and method also include a router residing on the process die to route the data packet received at the processor die. Further, the system and method includes a switch core residing on the processor die to switch a communication channel along which the data packet is to be transmitted. Additionally, the system and method includes a switch core to identify a destination processing element and router (PE/R) module for a data packet, the switch core and the destination PE/R module residing on a common processor die. Moreover, the system and method includes a communication channel to operatively connect the switch core and the destination PE/R module on the common processor die. | 01-13-2011 |
20110052204 | Intentionally Skewed Optical Clock Signal Distribution - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for distributing an intentionally skewed optical-clock signal to nodes of a source synchronous computer system. In one system embodiment, a source synchronous system comprises a waveguide, an optical-system clock optically coupled to the waveguide, and a number of nodes optically coupled to the waveguide. The optical-system clock generates and injects a master optical-clock signal into the waveguide. The master optical-clock signal acquiring a skew as it passes between nodes. Each node extracts a portion of the master optical-clock signal and processes optical signals using the portion of the master optical-clock signal having a different skew for the respective extracting node. | 03-03-2011 |
20110085561 | Incremental Adaptive Packet Routing In A Multi-Dimensional Network - Illustrated is a computer system and method that includes a Processing Element (PE) to generate a data packet that is routed along a shortest path that includes a plurality of routers in a multiple dimension network. The system and method further include a router, of the plurality of routers, to de-route the data packet from the shortest path to an additional path, the de-route to occur where the shortest path is congested and the additional path links the router and an additional router in a dimension of the multiple dimension network. | 04-14-2011 |
20120096052 | Managing a Data Structure - In a method for managing a data structure in a memory, an accessor to access a version of the data structure is determined, in which the accessor includes a version number and a fat pointer, in which the version number corresponds to the most recent version of the data structure, and wherein the fat pointer is configured to enable for multiple versions of a linked-data structure to be maintained. | 04-19-2012 |
20130166568 | SCALABLE ANALYSIS PLATFORM FOR SEMI-STRUCTURED DATA - A method of operating a query system includes retrieving objects from a data source, wherein each of the retrieved objects includes (i) data and (ii) metadata describing the data. The method includes dynamically creating a cumulative schema by inferring a schema from each of the retrieved objects and merging the inferred schema with the cumulative schema. The method includes storing the data of each of the retrieved objects in a storage service. The method includes receiving, from a user, a query, and responding to the query based on data stored by the storage service. | 06-27-2013 |
20130266309 | SWITCHING IN A NETWORK DEVICE - As described herein, a network device includes an optical circuit switch to perform circuit switching. The network device also has a plurality of removable line cards, each of which includes a packet switch. A switching manager automatically reconfigures the optical circuit switch based on a configuration of the removable line cards to maintain a guaranteed packet switching bandwidth between active line cards. | 10-10-2013 |
20140181141 | Scalable Analysis Platform For Semi-Structured Data - A method of operating a query system includes retrieving objects from a data source. Each of the retrieved objects includes (i) data and (ii) metadata describing the data. The method further includes dynamically creating a cumulative schema. The dynamically creating includes, for each object of the retrieved objects, (i) inferring a schema from the object based on the metadata of the object and inferred data types of elements of the data of the object, (ii) creating a unified schema, and (iii) storing the unified schema as the cumulative schema. The unified schema describes both (a) the object described by the inferred schema and (b) a cumulative set of objects described by the cumulative schema. The method further includes storing the data of each of the retrieved objects in a storage service. | 06-26-2014 |
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20090103854 | Photonic interconnects for computer system devices - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to photonic interconnects that can be used for on-chip as well as off-chip communications between computer system components. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photonic interconnect comprises a plurality of on-chip waveguides. Additionally, the photonic interconnect may include a plurality of off-chip waveguides, and at least one optoelectronic converter. The at least one optoelectronic converter can be photonically coupled to a portion of the plurality of on-chip waveguides, can be photonically coupled to a portion of the plurality of off-chip waveguides, and is in electronic communication with at least one computer system component. | 04-23-2009 |
20090274413 | Photonic interconnects for computer system devices - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to photonic interconnects that can be used for on-chip as well as off-chip communications between computer system components. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photonic interconnect comprises a plurality of on-chip waveguides. Additionally, the photonic interconnect may include a plurality of off-chip waveguides, and at least one optoelectronic converter. The at least one optoelectronic converter can be photonically coupled to a portion of the plurality of on-chip waveguides, can be photonically coupled to a portion of the plurality of off-chip waveguides, and is in electronic communication with at least one computer system component. | 11-05-2009 |
20110206377 | PRIORITIZED OPTICAL ARBITRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for achieving low-latency, prioritized, distributed optical-base arbitration. In one embodiment, an optical arbitration system ( | 08-25-2011 |
20110280569 | Integrated Circuit With Optical Interconnect - The present invention provides one or more embodiments of an optical interconnect design suitable for providing communication between computer system components in a computer system device. The optical interconnect ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110280579 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND FAULT-TOLERANT RESONATOR-BASED MODULATION AND WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for modulating, channels in dense wavelength division multiplexing (“DWDM”) systems. In one aspect, a modulation and wavelength division multiplexing system includes a channel source and a waveguide tree structure disposed on a substrate. The tree structure includes waveguides branching from a root waveguide. The waveguides include two or more terminus waveguides coupled to the channel source. The system also includes one or more modulator arrays disposed on the substrate. Each modulator array is optically coupled to one of the two or more terminus waveguides and is configured to modulate channels injected into a terminus waveguide from the channel source to produce corresponding optical signals that propagate from the terminus waveguide along one or more of the waveguides to the root waveguide. | 11-17-2011 |
20120105177 | RESONATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING RESONATOR SYSTEMS - Tunable resonator systems and methods for tuning resonator systems are disclosed. In one aspect, a resonator system includes an array of resonators disposed adjacent to a waveguide, at least one temperature sensor located adjacent to the array of resonators, and a resonator control electronically connected to the at least one temperature sensor. Each resonator has a resonance frequency in a resonator frequency comb and channels with frequencies in a channel frequency comb are transmitted in the waveguide. Resonance frequencies in the resonator frequency comb are to be adjusted in response to ambient temperature changes detected by the at least one temperature sensors to align the resonance frequency comb with the channel frequency comb. | 05-03-2012 |
20120120468 | FAIR TOKEN ARBITRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to arbitration systems and methods. In one embodiment, an arbitration system comprises a loop-shaped arbitration waveguide ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120189026 | TUNABLE RESONATORS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to electronically tunable ring resonators. In one embodiment of the present invention, a resonator structure ( | 07-26-2012 |
20130054869 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ACCESS DATA IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to access data are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves generating a key-value association table in a non-volatile memory to store physical addresses of a data cache storing data previously retrieved from a data structure. The example method also involves storing recovery metadata in the non-volatile memory. The recovery metadata includes a first address of the key-value association table in the non-volatile memory. In addition, following a re-boot process, the locations of the key-value association table and the data cache are retrieved using the recovery metadata without needing to access the data structure to re-generate the key-value association table and the data cache. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058607 | OPTICAL INTERCONNECT FABRICS AND OPTICAL SWITCHES - Optical interconnect fabrics and optical switches are disclosed. In one aspect, an optical interconnect fabric comprises one or more bundles of optical broadcast buses. Each optical broadcast bus is optically coupled at one end to a node and configured to transmit optical signals generated by the node. The optical fabric also includes a number of optical tap arrays distributed along each bundle of optical broadcast buses. Each optical tap array is configured to divert a portion of the optical power associated with the optical signals carried by a bundle of optical broadcast buses to one of the nodes. | 03-07-2013 |
20130091331 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO MANAGE MEMORY - Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to manage memory are disclosed. An example method includes mapping a cache memory to a random access memory, incrementing a counter in response to a data write to a cache line of the cache memory, decrementing the counter in response to a write-back of the data from the cache line, and committing the data to the RAM when the counter is equal to a threshold. | 04-11-2013 |
20130110774 | TRANSACTION COMMITMENT AND REPLICATION IN A STORAGE SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130110781 | SERVER REPLICATION AND TRANSACTION COMMITMENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130111105 | NON-VOLATILE DATA STRUCTURE MANAGER AND METHODS OF MANAGING NON-VOLATILE DATA STRUCTURES | 05-02-2013 |
20130259483 | RECEIVERS AND TRANSCEIVERS FOR OPTICAL MULTIBUS SYSTEMS - This disclosure is directed to optical-to-electrical receiver and transceiver integrated circuits that can be used to send and receive multiple optical signal data streams using at least one optical bus. In one aspect, a fan-in integrated circuit of a node includes an arbiter/multiplexer, and at least one receiver. Each receiver is electronically connected to the arbiter/multiplexer. Each receiver receives at least one optical signal over an optical broadcast bus and converts the optical signals into a data stream encoded in electronic signals. The arbiter/multiplexer selects one receiver at a time to send an electronic signal to the arbiter/multiplexer and outputs the electronic signal to the node for processing. | 10-03-2013 |
20130290650 | DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - A request from a requestor identifies data stored in a distributed active data storage system and a procedure that is associated with the identified data for a given node of the distributed active data storage system to execute. The execution of the procedure causes the given node to selectively determine an address for routing another request to an element of a plurality of elements of a data structure stored on the plurality of nodes. | 10-31-2013 |
20130318271 | CABLE HARNESS SWITCHES - In one implementation, a cable harness switch includes a plurality of input ports, a first plurality of output ports, a second plurality of input ports, and a circuit switch module. Each input port from the plurality of input ports is configured to be coupled to a network link. Each output port from the first plurality of output ports is configured to be coupled to a network link. Each output port from the second plurality of output ports configured to be coupled to a network switch device. The circuit switch module is operatively coupled to the plurality of input ports, the first plurality of output ports, and the second plurality of output ports to define a network circuit including an input port from the plurality of input ports and an output port from the first plurality of output ports and the second plurality of output ports. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318325 | COMPOSITE PROCESSORS - In one example, a composite processor ( | 11-28-2013 |
20140025415 | DISTRIBUTED CONTINUOUS ANALYTICS - A continuing analytics method includes distributing continuous analytics tasks among a number of workers. The workers execute the tasks on data elements stored in a distributed data storage system. Executing a task changes the data elements. In response to the change, a worker that executed a task invokes an update to the data storage system. The worker then increments a version number related to the changed data element, updates the data elements, and notifies other workers of the updated data element. | 01-23-2014 |
20140033214 | MANAGING ARRAY COMPUTATIONS DURING PROGRAMMATIC RUN-TIME IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A plurality of array partitions are defined for use by a set of tasks of the program run-time. The array partitions can be determined from one or more arrays that are utilized by the program at run-time. Each of the plurality of computing devices are assigned to perform one or more tasks in the set of tasks. By assigning each of the plurality of computing devices to perform one or more tasks, an objective to reduce data transfer amongst the plurality of computing devices can be implemented. | 01-30-2014 |