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CROSS-CHANNEL NETWORK OPERATION OFFLOADING FOR COLLECTIVE OPERATIONS

  • US 20110119673A1
  • Filed: 11/15/2010
  • Published: 05/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A Network Interface (NI), comprising:

  • a host interface, which is configured to receive from a host processor of a node one or more cross-channel work requests that are derived from an operation to be executed by the node;

    a plurality of work queues for carrying out transport channels to one or more peer nodes over a network; and

    control circuitry, which is configured to accept the cross-channel work requests via the host interface, and to execute the cross-channel work requests using the work queues by controlling an advance of at least a given work queue according to an advancing condition, which depends on a completion status of one or more other work queues, so as to carry out the operation.

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