Heterogeneous Compute Platform Architecture For Efficient Hosting Of Network Functions

Abstract

The present disclosure provides for a converged compute platform architecture, including a first infrastructure processing unit (IPU)-only configuration and a second configuration wherein the IPU is coupled to a central processing unit, such as an x86 processor. Connectivity between the two configurations may be accomplished with a PCIe switch, or the two configurations may communicate through remote direct memory access (RDMA) techniques. Both configurations may use ML acceleration through a single converged architecture.

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