Integrated link calibration and multi-processor topology discovery

    公开(公告)号:US08996770B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-31

    申请号:US13592406

    申请日:2012-08-23

    IPC分类号: G06F13/00

    CPC分类号: G06F13/00 G06F15/177

    摘要: Integrating link calibration and dynamic topology discovery in a multi-processor system establishes a first of a plurality of processors in the multi-processor system as a director of integrated link calibration and dynamic topology discovery. A plurality of high speed interconnects connects the plurality of processors with each other. The director processor directs calibration of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects via a shared hardware resource. The shared hardware resource is shared among the plurality of processors. Topology of the multi-processor system is incrementally discovered as each of the plurality of high speed interconnects is calibrated based on a result of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects being calibrated.

    Multi-chip initialization using a parallel firmware boot process
    4.
    发明授权
    Multi-chip initialization using a parallel firmware boot process 有权
    使用并行固件引导过程进行多芯片初始化

    公开(公告)号:US08954721B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-10

    申请号:US13314733

    申请日:2011-12-08

    摘要: Mechanisms, in a multi-chip data processing system, for performing a boot process for booting each of a plurality of processor chips of the multi-chip data processing system are provided. With these mechanisms, a multi-chip agnostic isolated boot phase operation is performed, in parallel, to perform an initial boot of each of the plurality of processor chips as if each of the processor chips were an only processor chip in the multi-chip data processing system. A multi-chip aware isolated boot phase operation of each of the processor chips is performed in parallel, where each of the processor chips has its own separately configured address space. In addition, a unified configuration phase operation is performed to select a master processor chip from the plurality of processor chips and configure other processor chips in the plurality of processor chips to operate as slave processor chips that are controlled by the master processor chip.

    摘要翻译: 提供了在多芯片数据处理系统中用于执行用于引导多芯片数据处理系统的多个处理器芯片中的每一个的引导过程的机制。 利用这些机制,并行地执行多芯片不可知的隔离引导相位操作,以执行多个处理器芯片中的每一个的初始启动,就好像每个处理器芯片是多芯片数据中的唯一处理器芯片 处理系统。 并行执行每个处理器芯片的多芯片感知隔离引导阶段操作,其中每个处理器芯片具有其自己独立配置的地址空间。 此外,执行统一配置阶段操作以从多个处理器芯片中选择主处理器芯片,并且配置多个处理器芯片中的其他处理器芯片作为由主处理器芯片控制的从处理器芯片。

    INTEGRATED LINK CALIBRATION AND MULTI-PROCESSOR TOPOLOGY DISCOVERY

    公开(公告)号:US20130060986A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-07

    申请号:US13226360

    申请日:2011-09-06

    IPC分类号: G06F13/36

    CPC分类号: G06F13/00 G06F15/177

    摘要: Integrating link calibration and dynamic topology discovery in a multi-processor system establishes a first of a plurality of processors in the multi-processor system as a director of integrated link calibration and dynamic topology discovery. A plurality of high speed interconnects connects the plurality of processors with each other. The director processor directs calibration of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects via a shared hardware resource. The shared hardware resource is shared among the plurality of processors. Topology of the multi-processor system is incrementally discovered as each of the plurality of high speed interconnects is calibrated based on a result of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects being calibrated.

    Integrated link calibration and multi-processor topology discovery
    6.
    发明授权
    Integrated link calibration and multi-processor topology discovery 有权
    集成链路校准和多处理器拓扑发现

    公开(公告)号:US08954639B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-10

    申请号:US13226360

    申请日:2011-09-06

    IPC分类号: G06F13/00 G06F9/00

    CPC分类号: G06F13/00 G06F15/177

    摘要: Integrating link calibration and dynamic topology discovery in a multi-processor system establishes a first of a plurality of processors in the multi-processor system as a director of integrated link calibration and dynamic topology discovery. A plurality of high speed interconnects connects the plurality of processors with each other. The director processor directs calibration of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects via a shared hardware resource. The shared hardware resource is shared among the plurality of processors. Topology of the multi-processor system is incrementally discovered as each of the plurality of high speed interconnects is calibrated based on a result of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects being calibrated.

    摘要翻译: 在多处理器系统中将链路校准和动态拓扑发现集成在多处理器系统中建立多个处理器中的第一个作为集成链路校准和动态拓扑发现的指导者。 多个高速互连将多个处理器彼此连接。 导向器处理器经由共享硬件资源引导多个高速互连中的每一个的校准。 共享硬件资源在多个处理器之间共享。 基于被校准的多个高速互连中的每一个的结果来校准多个高速互连中的每一个来增量地发现多处理器系统的拓扑。

    Multi-Chip Initialization Using a Parallel Firmware Boot Process

    公开(公告)号:US20130151829A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-13

    申请号:US13314733

    申请日:2011-12-08

    IPC分类号: G06F9/00

    摘要: Mechanisms, in a multi-chip data processing system, for performing a boot process for booting each of a plurality of processor chips of the multi-chip data processing system are provided. With these mechanisms, a multi-chip agnostic isolated boot phase operation is performed, in parallel, to perform an initial boot of each of the plurality of processor chips as if each of the processor chips were an only processor chip in the multi-chip data processing system. A multi-chip aware isolated boot phase operation of each of the processor chips is performed in parallel, where each of the processor chips has its own separately configured address space. In addition, a unified configuration phase operation is performed to select a master processor chip from the plurality of processor chips and configure other processor chips in the plurality of processor chips to operate as slave processor chips that are controlled by the master processor chip.

    INTEGRATED LINK CALIBRATION AND MULTI-PROCESSOR TOPOLOGY DISCOVERY
    8.
    发明申请
    INTEGRATED LINK CALIBRATION AND MULTI-PROCESSOR TOPOLOGY DISCOVERY 审中-公开
    综合链接校准和多处理器拓扑学发现

    公开(公告)号:US20130060978A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-07

    申请号:US13592406

    申请日:2012-08-23

    IPC分类号: G06F13/00

    CPC分类号: G06F13/00 G06F15/177

    摘要: Integrating link calibration and dynamic topology discovery in a multi-processor system establishes a first of a plurality of processors in the multi-processor system as a director of integrated link calibration and dynamic topology discovery. A plurality of high speed interconnects connects the plurality of processors with each other. The director processor directs calibration of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects via a shared hardware resource. The shared hardware resource is shared among the plurality of processors. Topology of the multi-processor system is incrementally discovered as each of the plurality of high speed interconnects is calibrated based on a result of each of the plurality of high speed interconnects being calibrated.

    摘要翻译: 在多处理器系统中将链路校准和动态拓扑发现集成在多处理器系统中建立多个处理器中的第一个作为集成链路校准和动态拓扑发现的指导者。 多个高速互连将多个处理器彼此连接。 导向器处理器经由共享硬件资源引导多个高速互连中的每一个的校准。 共享硬件资源在多个处理器之间共享。 基于被校准的多个高速互连中的每一个的结果来校准多个高速互连中的每一个来增量地发现多处理器系统的拓扑。