US 10,884,672 B2 · NDP-server: a data-centric computing architecture based on storage server in data center

Abstract

A server system includes a first plurality of mass-storage devices, a central processing unit (CPU), and at least one near data processing (NDP) engine. The CPU is coupled to the first plurality of the mass-storage devices, such as solid-state drive (SSD) devices, and the at least one NDP engine is associated with a second plurality of the mass-storage devices and interposed between the CPU and the second plurality of the mass-storage devices associated with the NDP engine. The second plurality of the mass-storage devices is less than or equal to the first plurality of the mass-storage devices. A number of NDP engines may be based on a minimum bandwidth of a bandwidth associated with the CPU, a bandwidth associated with a network, a bandwidth associated with the communication fabric and a bandwidth associated with all NDP engines divided by a bandwidth associated with a single NDP engine.

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Dependent claims

A server system, comprising:

a first mass-storage device;
at least one central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the first mass-storage device;
a first near data processing (NDP) engine, the first NDP engine being associated with a second plurality of mass-storage device and interposed between the CPU and the second plurality of mass-storage device associated with the first NDP engine;
and
a second NDP engine interposed between the CPU and the first mass storage device;
wherein the first NDP engine comprises a first processing device configured to perform a computation on data in the second mass-storage device, the second NDP engine comprises a second processing device configured to perform a computation on data in the first mass-storage device;
and
wherein the server system is configured to selectively activate the first NDP engine.

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A server system, comprising:

a first mass-storage device;
at least one central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the first mass-storage device;
a first near data processing (NDP) engine, the first NDP engine being associated with a second mass-storage device and interposed between the CPU and the second mass-storage device associated with the first NDP engine, wherein the first NDP engine comprises a processing device configured to perform a computation on data in the second mass-storage device;
a second NDP engine interposed between the CPU and the first mass storage device, wherein the second NDP engine comprises a processing device configured to perform a computation on data in the first mass-storage device;
and
a switch layer interposed between the first NDP engine and the first mass-storage device, the switch layer configured to adaptively connect the first NDP engine with the respective second mass-storage device associated with the first NDP engine;
wherein the server system is configured to selectively activate the first NDP engine.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

NDP-server: a data-centric computing architecture based on storage server in data center

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NDP-server: a data-centric computing architecture based on storage server in data center

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Abstract

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