HIGH-PERFORMANCE INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICES SUPPORTING SCALABLE VIRTUALIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20250117264A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-10

    申请号:US18935248

    申请日:2024-11-01

    Abstract: Techniques for scalable virtualization of an Input/Output (I/O) device are described. An electronic device composes a virtual device comprising one or more assignable interface (AI) instances of a plurality of AI instances of a hosting function exposed by the I/O device. The electronic device emulates device resources of the I/O device via the virtual device. The electronic device intercepts a request from the guest pertaining to the virtual device, and determines whether the request from the guest is a fast-path operation to be passed directly to one of the one or more AI instances of the I/O device or a slow-path operation that is to be at least partially serviced via software executed by the electronic device. For a slow-path operation, the electronic device services the request at least partially via the software executed by the electronic device.

    HIGH-PERFORMANCE INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICES SUPPORTING SCALABLE VIRTUALIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230251912A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US18301733

    申请日:2023-04-17

    Abstract: Techniques for scalable virtualization of an Input/Output (I/O) device are described. An electronic device composes a virtual device comprising one or more assignable interface (AI) instances of a plurality of AI instances of a hosting function exposed by the I/O device. The electronic device emulates device resources of the I/O device via the virtual device. The electronic device intercepts a request from the guest pertaining to the virtual device, and determines whether the request from the guest is a fast-path operation to be passed directly to one of the one or more AI instances of the I/O device or a slow-path operation that is to be at least partially serviced via software executed by the electronic device. For a slow-path operation, the electronic device services the request at least partially via the software executed by the electronic device.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING PIPELINE DEPTH TO IMPROVE EXECUTION LATENCY

    公开(公告)号:US20230040226A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17559612

    申请日:2021-12-22

    Abstract: Apparatus and method for managing pipeline depth of a data processing device. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: an interface to receive a plurality of work requests from a plurality of clients; and a plurality of engines to perform the plurality of work requests; wherein the work requests are to be dispatched to the plurality of engines from a plurality of work queues, the work queues to store a work descriptor per work request, each work descriptor to include information needed to perform a corresponding work request, wherein the plurality of work queues include a first work queue to store work descriptors associated with first latency characteristics and a second work queue to store work descriptors associated with second latency characteristics; engine configuration circuitry to configure a first engine to have a first pipeline depth based on the first latency characteristics and to configure a second engine to have a second pipeline depth based on the second latency characteristics.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-LEVEL MEMORY

    公开(公告)号:US20200226066A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16833337

    申请日:2020-03-27

    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a memory controller to interface with a multi-level memory having a near memory and a far memory. The memory controller to maintain first and second caches. The first cache to cache pages recently accessed from the far memory. The second cache to cache addresses of pages recently accessed from the far memory. The second cache having a first level and a second level. The first level to cache addresses of pages that are more recently accessed than pages whose respective addresses are cached in the second level. The memory controller comprising logic circuitry to inform system software that: a) a first page in the first cache that is accessed less than other pages in the first cache is a candidate for migration from the far memory to the near memory; and/or, b) a second page whose address travels a threshold number of round trips between the first and second levels of the second cache is a candidate for migration from the far memory to the near memory.

    HIGH-PERFORMANCE INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICES SUPPORTING SCALABLE VIRTUALIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200012530A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-09

    申请号:US16351396

    申请日:2019-03-12

    Abstract: Techniques for scalable virtualization of an Input/Output (I/O) device are described. An electronic device composes a virtual device comprising one or more assignable interface (AI) instances of a plurality of AI instances of a hosting function exposed by the I/O device. The electronic device emulates device resources of the I/O device via the virtual device. The electronic device intercepts a request from the guest pertaining to the virtual device, and determines whether the request from the guest is a fast-path operation to be passed directly to one of the one or more AI instances of the I/O device or a slow-path operation that is to be at least partially serviced via software executed by the electronic device. For a slow-path operation, the electronic device services the request at least partially via the software executed by the electronic device.

    HIGH-PERFORMANCE INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICES SUPPORTING SCALABLE VIRTUALIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220027207A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17361932

    申请日:2021-06-29

    Abstract: Techniques for scalable virtualization of an Input/Output (I/O) device are described. An electronic device composes a virtual device comprising one or more assignable interface (AI) instances of a plurality of AI instances of a hosting function exposed by the I/O device. The electronic device emulates device resources of the I/O device via the virtual device. The electronic device intercepts a request from the guest pertaining to the virtual device, and determines whether the request from the guest is a fast-path operation to be passed directly to one of the one or more AI instances of the I/O device or a slow-path operation that is to be at least partially serviced via software executed by the electronic device. For a slow-path operation, the electronic device services the request at least partially via the software executed by the electronic device.

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