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US 11,689,424 B2Granted
Dynamically reconfiguring data plane of forwarding element to account for power consumption
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorRemy Chang
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InventorRemy Chang
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Some embodiments of the invention provide a network forwarding element that can be dynamically reconfigured to adjust its data message processing to stay within a desired operating temperature or power consumption range. In some embodiments, the network forwarding element includes (1) a data-plane forwarding circuit (“data plane”) to process data tuples associated with data messages received by the IC, and (2) a control-plane circuit (“control plane”) for configuring the data plane forwarding circuit. The data plane includes several data processing stages to process the data tuples. The data plane also includes an idle-signal injecting circuit that receives from the control plane configuration data that the control plane generates based on the IC's temperature. Based on the received configuration data, the idle-signal injecting circuit generates idle control signals for the data processing stages. Each stage that receives an idle control signal enters an idle state during which the majority of the components of that stage do not perform any operations, which reduces the power consumed and temperature generated by that stage during its idle state.
An apparatus comprising:
A method implemented using a forwarding element, the forwarding element comprising a plurality of data processing stages to process packets, one or more of the plurality of data processing stages to cause the packets to be forwarded to at least one destination device, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, results in performance of operations comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.