Patents by Inventor Jason Breakstone

Jason Breakstone 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).

  • Publication number: 20240330220
    Abstract: Peer-to-peer arrangements between endpoint devices are provided herein. A method includes establishing synthetic devices representing endpoint devices in an address domain associated with a host processor, where the endpoint devices have a different address domain than the host processor. The method also includes forming a peer arrangement between the endpoint devices such that data transfers between the endpoint devices in the different address domain can be initiated by the host processor interfacing with the synthetic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 12086089
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for computing systems are provided herein. In one example, a system includes a processor configured to communicate over a network interface and a processor peripheral communication interface. The system includes communication switch circuitry communicatively coupling the processor peripheral communication interface and a device peripheral communication interface of an endpoint device. The communication switch circuitry is configured to establish logical isolation among ports of the communication switch circuitry by instantiating visibility over the logical isolation among the processor and the endpoint device. The processor is configured to determine transactions received over the network interface are targeted for the endpoint device, and transfer at least data of the transactions over the communication switch circuitry for receipt by the endpoint device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 12038859
    Abstract: Peer-to-peer arrangements between endpoint devices are provided herein. A method includes establishing synthetic devices representing endpoint devices in an address domain associated with a host processor, where the endpoint devices have a different address domain than the host processor. The method also includes forming a peer arrangement between the endpoint devices such that data transfers between the endpoint devices in the different address domain can be initiated by the host processor interfacing with the synthetic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Publication number: 20240184634
    Abstract: Communication fabric-coupled computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, an apparatus includes a management entity configured to establish a compute unit comprising components from among a plurality of physical computing components by at least instructing a communication fabric communicatively coupling the plurality of physical computing components to establish logical isolation within the communication fabric to form the compute unit. Responsive to an indication of a change in workload associated with at least a software component deployed to a processing element of the compute unit, the management entity is configured to adjust the logical isolation to alter a quantity of the plurality of physical computing components in the compute unit in accordance with the change in the workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher R. Long, James Scott Cannata, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11922218
    Abstract: Communication fabric-coupled computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, an apparatus includes a management entity configured to establish a compute unit comprising components from among a plurality of physical computing components by at least instructing a communication fabric communicatively coupling the plurality of physical computing components to establish logical isolation within the communication fabric to form the compute unit. Responsive to an indication of a change in workload associated with at least a software component deployed to a processing element of the compute unit, the management entity is configured to adjust the logical isolation to alter a quantity of the plurality of physical computing components in the compute unit in accordance with the change in the workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Long, James Scott Cannata, Jason Breakstone
  • Publication number: 20240037054
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for computing systems are provided herein. In one example, a system includes a processor configured to communicate over a network interface and a processor peripheral communication interface. The system includes communication switch circuitry communicatively coupling the processor peripheral communication interface and a device peripheral communication interface of an endpoint device. The communication switch circuitry is configured to establish logical isolation among ports of the communication switch circuitry by instantiating visibility over the logical isolation among the processor and the endpoint device. The processor is configured to determine transactions received over the network interface are targeted for the endpoint device, and transfer at least data of the transactions over the communication switch circuitry for receipt by the endpoint device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11880326
    Abstract: Emulated telemetry interfaces for host processors and management processors coupled over communication fabrics are presented herein. In one example, an apparatus includes a monitoring function executed by a host processor configured to determine telemetry related to operation of at least the host processor. A driver function executed by the host processor is configured to emulate operation of a network interface to an operating system of the host processor for transfer of communications comprising at least the telemetry to a management processor over a communication fabric different than the network interface, where the host processor and the management processor are communicatively coupled to the communication fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11816054
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for computing systems are provided herein. In one example, a system includes processing modules each having a communication interface and a processor, and additional modules each having a communication interface. Communication switch circuitry is coupled to the communication interfaces of the processing modules and the communication interfaces of the additional modules, wherein the communication switch circuitry is configured to establish isolation among ports in the communication switch circuitry for one or more processing modules and one or more additional modules. At least one processor instantiates access to the one or more additional modules for the one or more processing modules over at least the isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11687480
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein having enhanced modular carrier form factors. In an implementation, an apparatus includes a carrier insertable into a modular bay of a chassis assembly, and a network interface card (NIC). The apparatus includes an Ethernet network cable connector configured to carry Ethernet signaling of the NIC, and a device U.2 connector configured to carry host communications of the NIC and mate with a mating U.2 connector of the modular bay when the carrier is inserted into the chassis assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Rudolph Heyd, Brenden Michael Rust, Jason Breakstone, Sumit Puri, Bryan Schramm
  • Publication number: 20230185751
    Abstract: Peer-to-peer arrangements between endpoint devices are provided herein. A method includes establishing synthetic devices representing endpoint devices in an address domain associated with a host processor, where the endpoint devices have a different address domain than the host processor. The method also includes forming a peer arrangement between the endpoint devices such that data transfers between the endpoint devices in the different address domain can be initiated by the host processor interfacing with the synthetic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11615044
    Abstract: Peer-to-peer arrangements between graphics processing units (GPUs) are provided herein. A method includes establishing synthetic devices representing GPUs in an address domain associated with a host processor, where the GPUs have a different address domain than the host processor. The method also includes forming a peer arrangement between the GPUs such that data transfers between the GPUs in the different address domain can be initiated by the host processor interfacing with the synthetic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Publication number: 20220214989
    Abstract: Emulated telemetry interfaces for host processors and management processors coupled over communication fabrics are presented herein. In one example, an apparatus includes a monitoring function executed by a host processor configured to determine telemetry related to operation of at least the host processor. A driver function executed by the host processor is configured to emulate operation of a network interface to an operating system of the host processor for transfer of communications comprising at least the telemetry to a management processor over a communication fabric different than the network interface, where the host processor and the management processor are communicatively coupled to the communication fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Publication number: 20220214987
    Abstract: Peer-to-peer arrangements between graphics processing units (GPUs) are provided herein. A method includes establishing synthetic devices representing GPUs in an address domain associated with a host processor, where the GPUs have a different address domain than the host processor. The method also includes forming a peer arrangement between the GPUs such that data transfers between the GPUs in the different address domain can be initiated by the host processor interfacing with the synthetic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11366591
    Abstract: A data system includes a plurality of storage drives each comprising a multi-lane serial drive interface. The data system also includes a control system configured to receive, over a host link, a write operation for storage of data, process a storage address of the write operation against storage allocation information to apportion the data for storage among more than one target storage drive, and transfer corresponding portions of the data to the target storage drives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Breakstone, Alok Gupta, Himanshu Desai, Angelo Campos
  • Publication number: 20220157479
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for computing systems are provided herein. In one example, a system includes processing modules each having a communication interface and a processor, and additional modules each having a communication interface. Communication switch circuitry is coupled to the communication interfaces of the processing modules and the communication interfaces of the additional modules, wherein the communication switch circuitry is configured to establish isolation among ports in the communication switch circuitry for one or more processing modules and one or more additional modules. At least one processor instantiates access to the one or more additional modules for the one or more processing modules over at least the isolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11314677
    Abstract: Disaggregated computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, a method includes receiving user input to establish a compute unit comprising a host processor and at least two graphics processing units (GPUs) having a peer-to-peer capability. The method also includes instructing a management element for a communication fabric to form the compute unit and communicatively couple the host processor and the at least two GPUs over the communication fabric. The method also includes instructing the management element to establish an isolation function to form the peer arrangement between the at least two GPUs in the communication fabric, where the isolation function isolates a first address domain associated with the at least two GPUs from at least a second address domain associated with the host processor by at least establishing synthetic devices representing the at least two GPUs in the second address domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11294839
    Abstract: Disaggregated computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating compute units is presented that includes forming compute units among a plurality of physical computing components coupled over a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) fabric configured to communicatively couple the plurality of physical computing components and isolate the compute unit using logical partitioning within the PCIe fabric. The method also includes initiating a software component deployed to at least associated CPUs within the compute units, reporting telemetry to the management processor related to operation of the compute unit, and emulating operation of at least one among an Ethernet and InfiniBand interface to an operating system of the associated CPU for transfer of communications comprising at least the telemetry to the management processor over the PCIe fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Long, James Scott Cannata, Jason Breakstone
  • Patent number: 11269798
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for computing systems are provided herein. In one example, a system includes a plurality of first modules each having a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface and a processor, and a plurality of second modules each having a PCIe interface. PCIe switch circuitry is coupled to the PCIe interfaces of the first modules and the PCIe interfaces of the second modules, wherein the PCIe switch circuitry is configured to establish logical isolation in the PCIe switch circuitry between one or more first modules and one or more second modules. At least one processor instantiates access to the one or more second modules for the one or more first modules over at least the logical isolation in the PCIe switch circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Long, Jason Breakstone
  • Publication number: 20210240538
    Abstract: Communication fabric-coupled computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, an apparatus includes a management entity configured to establish a compute unit comprising components from among a plurality of physical computing components by at least instructing a communication fabric communicatively coupling the plurality of physical computing components to establish logical isolation within the communication fabric to form the compute unit. Responsive to an indication of a change in workload associated with at least a software component deployed to a processing element of the compute unit, the management entity is configured to adjust the logical isolation to alter a quantity of the plurality of physical computing components in the compute unit in accordance with the change in the workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Liqid Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Long, James Scott Cannata, Jason Breakstone
  • Publication number: 20210191894
    Abstract: Disaggregated computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, a method includes receiving user input to establish a compute unit comprising a host processor and at least two graphics processing units (GPUs) having a peer-to-peer capability. The method also includes instructing a management element for a communication fabric to form the compute unit and communicatively couple the host processor and the at least two GPUs over the communication fabric. The method also includes instructing the management element to establish an isolation function to form the peer arrangement between the at least two GPUs in the communication fabric, where the isolation function isolates a first address domain associated with the at least two GPUs from at least a second address domain associated with the host processor by at least establishing synthetic devices representing the at least two GPUs in the second address domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone