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US 9,753,881 B2Granted
FPGA based ATCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture) platform
AssigneeNational Instruments Corporation
InventorsChen Chang, Kevin B. Camera, John C. Wawrzynek, Robert W. Brodersen
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Abstract
A computing platform includes an array of interconnected field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), memory, and external input/output interfaces. The platform is in the form of a blade conforming to the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) standard. The platform is especially useful for telecommunications and networking applications.
Claims9
A computing system comprising a first board conforming to a form factor of the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) standard, the first board comprising:
- a first local field programmable gate array (FPGA) based computing node;
- a second local FPGA based computing node, wherein the first and second local FPGA based computing nodes are configured to perform direct point-to-point communications with one another via a dedicated link, wherein the dedicated link is shared exclusively between the first FPGA based computing node and the second FPGA based computing node;
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- an optical communication link configured for providing selectable point-to-point communication between the first local FPGA based node and a remote FPGA based node on a second board of another, different computing system, wherein the second board also conforms to the form factor of the ATCA standard, wherein the optical communications link includes a first optical transceiver directly coupled to the first local FPGA based node, wherein no other FPGA based node on the first board is coupled to the first optical transceiver.
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A method comprising:
- conducting point-to-point communications over a dedicated link coupled between a first local field programmable gate array (FPGA) based computing node and a second local FPGA based computing node implemented on a first board conforming to a form factor of the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) standard, wherein the dedicated link is shared exclusively between the first FPGA based computing node and the second FPGA based computing node;
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- conducting point-to-point communications over an optical communication link between the first local FPGA based node and a remote PGA based node on a second board of another, different computing system, wherein the second board also conforms to the form factor of the ATCA standard, wherein the optical communications link includes an optical transceiver directly coupled to the first local FPGA based node and is not coupled to any other FPGA based node on the first board.
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