G06F13/4239

Parallel migration of multiple consistency groups in a storage system
09959063 · 2018-05-01 · ·

Described embodiments provide systems and processes for performing data migration in a storage system. One or more consistency groups are migrated from at least one source device to at least one target device in the storage system. The consistency groups are replicated from the source device to the target device by an asynchronous data replication operation from the source device to the target device and one or more synchronous data replication operations from the source device to the target device if data stored on the source device is changed. The consistency groups are operated on the source device and the target device in an active-active mode, wherein the source device and target device are active and accessible by host devices. Replicated consistency groups are determined to include in a cutover operation that is performed by deactivating the at least one source device associated with the included consistency groups.

SWITCHED INTERFACE STACKED-DIE MEMORY ARCHITECTURE
20180114587 · 2018-04-26 ·

Systems and methods disclosed herein include those that may receive a memory request including a requested memory address and may send the memory request directly to an address decoder associated with a stacked-die memory vault without knowing whether a repair address is required. If a subsequent analysis of the memory request shows that a repair address is required, an in-process decode of the requested memory address can be halted and decoding of the repair address initiated.

FPGA-based Interface Signal Remapping Method
20180107622 · 2018-04-19 ·

An FPGA-based interface signal remapping method, relates to the technical field of nuclear power system, and solves the technical problems of poor reliability, readability and debuggability in the prior art. The method comprises dividing an internal programmable logic of an FPGA chip into two independent modules, with one module being an I/O module and the other module being a Core module, using the I/O module to process signal excursion occurring when an external signal is input to or output from the FPGA chip, signal collision caused by line multiplexing, metastable state in a data transmission process, and a data transmission error between asynchronous clock domains, using the Core module to implement logical processing and computing; and introducing a master clock signal outside the FPGA chip into the FPGA chip through a global clock pin of the FPGA chip. The method provided in the invention is suitable for a nuclear power protection system platform.

Work stealing in heterogeneous computing systems

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to steal work in heterogeneous computing systems. An apparatus includes load balancing circuitry to obtain tasks from a workload by encoding minimum and maximum index ranges of a data parallel operation, allocate a first task from the workload to a first work queue based on a first capability of first computation circuitry, the first computation circuitry to process the first task in the first work queue, and allocate a second task from the workload to a second work queue, second computation circuitry to process the second task in the second work queue. The apparatus further includes first work stealer logic to steal the second task from the second work queue using an atomic operation to access the second work queue.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO RESET STORAGE DEVICE NON-DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO APPLICATION PROCESSOR AMONG STORAGE DEVICES SERIALLY CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

An electronic device includes an application processor; and a first storage device that is, connected to the application processor and directly communicates with the application processor, and connected to a second storage device such that the second storage device communicates with the application processor through the first storage device, wherein the first storage device includes a reset converter configured to generate a software reset signal in response to a hardware reset signal received from the application processor, and wherein the software reset signal resets the second storage device.

Methods and systems for mapping a peripheral function onto a legacy memory interface

A memory system includes a CPU that communicates commands and addresses to a main-memory module. The module includes a buffer circuit that relays commands and data between the CPU and the main memory. The memory module additionally includes an embedded processor that shares access to main memory in support of peripheral functionality, such as graphics processing, for improved overall system performance. The buffer circuit facilitates the communication of instructions and data between CPU and the peripheral processor in a manner that minimizes or eliminates the need to modify CPU, and consequently reduces practical barriers to the adoption of main-memory modules with integrated processing power.

Switched interface stacked-die memory architecture

Systems and methods disclosed herein include those that may receive a memory request including a requested memory address and may send the memory request directly to an address decoder associated with a stacked-die memory vault without knowing whether a repair address is required. If a subsequent analysis of the memory request shows that a repair address is required, an in-process decode of the requested memory address can be halted and decoding of the repair address initiated.

Message-based memory access apparatus and access method thereof

A message-based memory access apparatus and an access method thereof are disclosed, The message-based memory access apparatus includes: a message-based command bus, configured to transmit a message-based memory access instruction generated by the CPU to instruct a memory system to perform a corresponding operation; a message-based memory controller, configured to package a CPU request into a message packet and sent the packet to a storage module, and parse a message packet returned by the storage module and return data to the CPU; a message channel, configured to transmit a request message packet and a response message packet; and the storage module, including a buffer scheduler, and configured to receive the request packet from the message-based memory controller and process the corresponding request.

WORK STEALING IN HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEMS

Disclosed examples include scheduler circuitry to allocate a first task to a first work queue in memory; and a first processor circuit of a first type, the first processor circuit to cause movement of the first task from the first work queue to a second work queue in the memory, the second work queue accessible by a second processor circuit of a second type, the movement atomically performed via a read operation and a write operation to update the second work queue in a same bus cycle to prevent multiple entities from moving the first task in the same bus cycle.

Asynchronous FIFO buffer with Johnson code write pointer

An asynchronous data transfer system includes a bus interface unit (BIU), a FIFO write logic module, a write pointer synchronizer, a write pointer validator, a FIFO read logic module, and an asynchronous FIFO buffer. The FIFO buffer receives a variable size data from the BIU and stores the variable size data at a write address. The FIFO write logic module generates a write pointer by encoding the write address using a Johnson code. The FIFO read logic module receives a synchronized write pointer at the asynchronous clock domain and generates a read address signal when the synchronized write pointer is a valid Johnson code format. The FIFO buffer transfers the variable size data to a processor based on the read address signal.