Selecting hardware accelerators based on score

A method for calling an accelerator, the method comprising:

• an accelerator manager accessing an accelerator scoring catalog that includes a plurality names of a plurality of accelerators for at least one programmable device and a plurality of metrics for each of the plurality of accelerators, wherein the plurality of metrics for a selected accelerator in the accelerator scoring catalog comprises:
• a number of failures of the selected accelerator;
• a number of executions of the selected accelerator;
• a number of times the selected accelerator has been deployed in a private cloud;
• a number of times the selected accelerator has been deployed in a public cloud;
• the accelerator manager receiving accelerator scoring criteria that specifies at least one value or range for at least one of the plurality of metrics in the accelerator scoring catalog;
• the accelerator manager comparing values of the accelerator scoring criteria to corresponding values of the plurality of metrics for the plurality of accelerators;
• the accelerator manager selecting one of the plurality of accelerators in the accelerator scoring catalog based on the values of the accelerator scoring criteria and the corresponding values of the plurality of metrics;
• the accelerator manager calling the one selected accelerator;
• the accelerator manager monitoring accelerators deployed to the plurality of programmable devices and writing values to the plurality of metrics in the accelerator scoring catalog based on the monitoring of the accelerators deployed to the plurality of programmable devices;
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• the accelerator manager receiving accelerator scoring criteria, comparing values of the accelerator scoring criteria to corresponding values of the plurality of metrics for the plurality of accelerators, and selecting one of the plurality of accelerators in the accelerator scoring catalog based on the values of the accelerator scoring criteria and the corresponding values of the plurality of metrics, and when the selected one of the plurality of accelerators is currently deployed to one of the plurality of programmable devices, calling the selected one accelerator and when the selected one of the plurality of accelerators is not currently deployed to any of the plurality of programmable devices, deploying the selected one accelerator to one of the plurality of programmable devices and calling the selected one accelerator.