Abstract: A system including an interconnect device coupled with one or more devices where the first device of the one or more devices is to transmit a control block for synchronization via a physical layer of a link coupled to the high-speed interconnect device, the control block comprising a header portion of bits corresponding to a header indicating the block is a control block and a data portion of bits indicating the control block is associated with time synchronization information. The interconnect device is to receive data, parse the data, determine the data is associated with the control block, determine a delay associated with the physical layer transmitting the control block and transmitting a signal responsive to receiving the control block and determining the delay.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a network port for communicating with a communication network, a hardware clock, and circuitry. The circuitry is coupled to receive from the communication network, via the network port, one or more time-protocol packets that convey a network time used for synchronizing network devices in the communication network, to align the hardware clock to the network time conveyed in the time-protocol packets, and to make the network time available to one or more time-service consumers running in a host served by the network adapter.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a network port for communicating with a communication network, a hardware clock, and circuitry. The circuitry is coupled to receive from the communication network, via the network port, one or more time-protocol packets that convey a network time used for synchronizing network devices in the communication network, to align the hardware clock to the network time conveyed in the time-protocol packets, and to make the network time available to one or more time-service consumers running in a host served by the network adapter.

Abstract: A device includes a transceiver coupled to a processing device. The processing device is to determine a first time for executing an operation associated with a work execution agent of a plurality of work execution agent. The processing device is further to receive a latency measurement associated with the work execution agent responsive to transmitting the request. The latency measurement is calculated after executing a previous operation associated with the work execution agent at the device. The processing device is also to modify the first time to a second time for executing the operation responsive to receiving the latency measurement.

Abstract: A device includes a hardware block to perform a hardware process and internal logic coupled between a processing device, which executes instructions, and the hardware block. The internal logic can one of measure execution time or count clock cycles of at least a portion of the hardware process. The internal logic can further, in response to the measured execution time or the counted clock cycles satisfying a predetermined condition, provide data associated with the one of the execution time measurement or the clock cycles count to the processing device, the data being statistically indicative of a latency of data packets sent by the hardware process over a total time the hardware process executes.

Abstract: A system for maintaining a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware clock, the system being operative in conjunction with a network device which is external to the system, the system comprising a controller to receive information characterizing a network peer oscillator frequency, wherein the information was extracted from an RX symbol rate, and to adjust the PTP Hardware Clock's frequency responsive to the information characterizing the network peer oscillator frequency.

Abstract: A system for maintaining a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware clock, the system being operative in conjunction with a network device which is external to the system, the system comprising a controller to receive information characterizing a network peer oscillator frequency, wherein the information was extracted from an RX symbol rate, and to adjust the PTP Hardware Clock's frequency responsive to the information characterizing the network peer oscillator frequency.

Abstract: A device includes a hardware block to perform a hardware process and internal logic coupled between a processing device, which executes instructions, and the hardware block. The internal logic can one of measure execution time or count clock cycles of at least a portion of the hardware process. The internal logic can further, in response to the measured execution time or the counted clock cycles satisfying a predetermined condition, provide data associated with the one of the execution time measurement or the clock cycles count to the processing device, the data being statistically indicative of a latency of data packets sent by the hardware process over a total time the hardware process executes.

Abstract: A communication system includes at least one send queue, containing send queue entries pointing to packets to be transmitted over a network by packet sending circuitry. A clock work queue contains clock queue entries to synchronize sending times of the packets pointed to by the send queue entries. At least one arming queue contains arming queue entries to arm the clock work queue at selected time intervals.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a port and one or more circuits. The port is to send packets to a network in accordance with a Remote Direct Memory Access over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) protocol. The one or more circuits are to decide whether a packet is permitted to undergo Adaptive Routing (AR) in being routed through the network, to mark the packet with an indication of whether the packet is permitted to undergo AR, and to send the marked packet to the network via the port.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a communication system includes network devices, each comprising a network interface to receive at least one data stream, a given network device being configured to recover a remote clock from the at least one data stream received by the given network device, a frequency synthesizer to generate a clock signal and output the clock signal to each of the network devices, wherein the given network device is configured to find a clock frequency differential between the clock signal and the recovered remote clock, and provide a control signal to the frequency synthesizer responsively to the clock frequency differential, the control signal causes the frequency synthesizer to adjust the clock signal so as to iteratively reduce an absolute value of the clock frequency differential between the clock signal and the recovered remote clock.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a communication system includes network devices, each comprising a network interface to receive at least one data stream, a given network device being configured to recover a remote clock from the at least one data stream received by the given network device, a frequency synthesizer to generate a clock signal and output the clock signal to each of the network devices, wherein the given network device is configured to find a clock frequency differential between the clock signal and the recovered remote clock, and provide a control signal to the frequency synthesizer responsively to the clock frequency differential, the control signal causes the frequency synthesizer to adjust the clock signal so as to iteratively reduce an absolute value of the clock frequency differential between the clock signal and the recovered remote clock.

Abstract: A timing system including timing circuitry which includes an arming queue, a clock work queue, and a clock completion queue. At least the clock work queue is to provide timing information, and the arming queue is to arm the clock work queue. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes two or more network elements, each comprising a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Hardware Clock (PHC) that is adjustable based, at least in part, on physical layer frequency information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a synchronized communication system includes a plurality of network devices, and clock connections to connect the network devices in a closed loop configuration, wherein the network devices are configured to distribute among the network devices a reference clock time from any selected one of the network devices.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a synchronized communication system includes a first network device and a second network device, wherein the first network device includes a first physical hardware clock, and is configured to recover a reference clock time from packets received from a remote clock, find a clock differential between a clock time output by the first physical hardware clock and the recovered reference clock time, provide a control signal to the second network device responsively to the clock differential, and the second network device includes a second physical hardware clock, and is configured to adjust a clock time output by the second physical hardware clock responsively to the control signal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a processing apparatus includes processing circuitry to process an event, a timestamping unit to generate a timestamp for the event, at least one register to store at least one parameter describing a hardware state of the processing circuitry, and timestamp correction processing circuitry to compute a time value as a correction to the generated timestamp responsively to the at least one parameter.

Abstract: A method of determining if a virtual machine is executing a network attack may include using a computing device operating a processor: receiving a plurality of jobs from a plurality of virtual machines being executed across time slices on a host computer in a computer network; executing the plurality of jobs using the processor; receiving data from hardware counters of the processor; and based on the data, determining whether or not a virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines is executing a network attack.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes two or more network elements, each comprising a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Hardware Clock (PHC) that is adjustable based, at least in part, on physical layer frequency information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a synchronized communication system includes a plurality of compute nodes, and clock connections to connect the compute nodes in a closed loop configuration, wherein the compute nodes are configured to distribute among the compute nodes a master clock frequency from any selected one of the compute nodes.