Guided attachment of accelerators to computer systems

A computing system, comprising:

• a plurality of hardware accelerator attachment slots disposed in decreasing proximity to main components of the computing system;
• a plurality of interface hubs operatively connecting groups of slots of the plurality of hardware accelerator attachment slots;
• and
• means for executing a method of guided attachment of hardware accelerators to the plurality of hardware accelerator attachment slots of the computing system, the method including:
• dividing a first group of hardware accelerators into a plurality of priority classes;
• dividing a first group of slots of the plurality of accelerator attachment slots into a plurality of hierarchical tiers based on proximity of each slot to a main component of the computing system;
• and
• attaching each hardware accelerator of the first group of hardware accelerators to a slot matched to the hardware accelerators based on comparison of a priority class of the hardware accelerator and a hierarchical tier of the slot.

A computer program product including a computer readable medium with program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to implement a method of guided attachment of hardware accelerators to slots of a computing system, the method comprising:

• dividing a first group of hardware accelerators into a plurality of priority classes;
• dividing a first group of slots of the computing system into a plurality of hierarchical tiers;
• and
• attaching each hardware accelerator of the first group of hardware accelerators to a slot matched to the hardware accelerators based on comparison of a priority class of the hardware accelerator and a hierarchical tier of the slot.