Patents by Inventor Erich J. Hauptli

Erich J. Hauptli has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10831688
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product for supporting a reconfigurable hardware network topology including graphics processor units (GPU) and central processing unit (CPU) interconnectivity. The re-configurability of the network is based on data bandwidth and latency requirements of running workloads obtained by running training workload sequences upon the configured topology. For network re-configurability, a user enabled to directly connect high-speed cable links between CPU/GPU connectors and between GPU/GPU connectors. Further included in a configured network topology are switches configurable to provide one or more PCIe high-speed side-band links, as well as a high speed multiplexor, that can switch the network topology. The method prepares a system map of the hardware network topology, and generates a GPU weightage pattern based on data bandwidth and latencies of the configured GPUs such that GPUs are assigned to workloads based on its weightage to optimize workload performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Prasanna Jayaraman, Daniel M. Dreps, Erich J. Hauptli
  • Publication number: 20200065283
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product for supporting a reconfigurable hardware network topology including graphics processor units (GPU) and central processing unit (CPU) interconnectivity. The re-configurability of the network is based on data bandwidth and latency requirements of running workloads obtained by running training workload sequences upon the configured topology. For network re-configurability, a user enabled to directly connect high-speed cable links between CPU/GPU connectors and between GPU/GPU connectors. Further included in a configured network topology are switches configurable to provide one or more PCIe high-speed side-band links, as well as a high speed multiplexor, that can switch the network topology. The method prepares a system map of the hardware network topology, and generates a GPU weightage pattern based on data bandwidth and latencies of the configured GPUs such that GPUs are assigned to workloads based on its weightage to optimize workload performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Prasanna Jayaraman, Daniel M. Dreps, Erich J. Hauptli