High performance computer with a control board, modular compute boards and resource boards that can be allocated to the modular compute boards

A method, comprising:

• sending, from a modular compute controller and to a modular compute board from a plurality of modular compute boards, a signal indicating an allocation of the modular compute board within a time period, the allocation based on at least one of a computation load or a physical resource requirement,
• each modular compute board from the plurality of modular compute boards being operatively coupled to (1) the modular compute controller by a first connection associated with control information and not data, and (2) a switch fabric by a second connection associated with data and not control information, the modular compute controller sending the signal to the modular compute board via the first connection for that modular compute board;
• sending, from a resource controller and to a resource board from a plurality of resource boards, a signal indicating an allocation of the resource board to the modular compute board within the time period, the allocation based on at least one of the computation load or the physical resource requirement,
• each resource board from the plurality of resource boards is operatively coupled to (1) the resource controller by a first connection associated with control information and not data, and (2) the switch fabric by a second connection associated with data and not control information, the resource controller sending the signal to the resource board via the first connection for the resource board;
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• facilitating, by the switch fabric, communication between the modular compute board and the resource board via the second connection for that modular compute board and the second connection for that resource board.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a modular compute controller configured to be operatively coupled to each modular compute board from a plurality of modular compute boards by a first connection associated with control information and not data;
• a resource controller configured to be operatively coupled to each resource board from a plurality of resource boards by a first connection associated with control information and not data;
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• a switch fabric configured to be operatively coupled to (1) each modular compute board from the plurality of modular compute boards by a second connection associated with data and not control information, and (2) each resource board from the plurality of resource boards by a second connection associated with data and not control information,
• the modular compute controller configured to send, to a modular compute board from the plurality of modular compute boards and via the first connection for that modular compute board, a signal indicating an allocation of that modular compute board during a time period, the allocation of that modular compute board based on at least one of a computation load or a physical resource requirement,
• the resource controller configured to send, to a resource board from the plurality of resource boards, a signal indicating an allocation of that resource board to the modular compute board during the time period, the allocation of that resource board based on at least one of the computation load or the physical resource requirement,
• the modular compute board configured to communicate with the resource board during the time period via the second connection for that modular compute board and the second connection for that resource board.