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).
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Publication number: 20240330220Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 12086089Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 12038859Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Publication number: 20240184634Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Christopher R. Long, James Scott Cannata, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11922218Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Christopher R. Long, James Scott Cannata, Jason Breakstone
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Publication number: 20240037054Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11880326Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: James Scott Cannata, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11816054Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Christopher Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11687480Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Andrew Rudolph Heyd, Brenden Michael Rust, Jason Breakstone, Sumit Puri, Bryan Schramm
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Publication number: 20230185751Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11615044Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Publication number: 20220214989Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: James Scott Cannata, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Publication number: 20220214987Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11366591Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Jason Breakstone, Alok Gupta, Himanshu Desai, Angelo Campos
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Publication number: 20220157479Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Christopher Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11314677Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11294839Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Christopher R. Long, James Scott Cannata, Jason Breakstone
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Patent number: 11269798Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Christopher Long, Jason Breakstone
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Publication number: 20210240538Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Liqid Inc.Inventors: Christopher R. Long, James Scott Cannata, Jason Breakstone
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Publication number: 20210191894Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: James Scott Cannata, German Kazakov, Christopher R. Long, Jason Breakstone