Method and apparatus for remote field programmable gate array processing

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a hardware fabric controller of a first computing node from a second computing node via a network fabric that couples the first computing node to the second computing node, a request to execute a kernel on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) of the first computing node;
• instructing the FPGA to execute the kernel;
• and
• sending a result of the execution of the kernel to the second computing node via the network fabric.

A system comprising:

• a first computing node comprising:
• a processor core to generate a request to execute a kernel;
• and
• a first fabric controller hardware to receive the request to execute the kernel from the processor core;
• and
• a second computing node comprising:
• a field programmable gate array (FPGA);
• and
• a second fabric controller to:
• receive the request to execute the kernel from the first fabric controller hardware over a network fabric coupling the second computing node to the first computing node;
• instruct the FPGA to execute the kernel;
• and
• send a result of the execution of the kernel to the first computing node via the network fabric.