Patents by Inventor Lisa Ru-feng Hsu

Lisa Ru-feng Hsu 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: 20240098391
    Abstract: A system for efficiently interconnecting computing nodes can include a plurality of computing nodes and a plurality of network switches coupled in parallel to the plurality of computing nodes. The system can also include a plurality of node interfaces. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes can include at least one node interface for each network switch among the plurality of network switches. The plurality of node interfaces corresponding to a computing node can be configured to send data to another computing node via the plurality of network switches. The system can also include a plurality of switch interfaces. Each network switch among the plurality of network switches can include at least one switch interface for each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes. A switch interface corresponding to the computing node can be coupled to a node interface corresponding to the computing node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hitesh BALLANI, Winston Allen SAUNDERS, Christian L. BELADY, Lisa Ru-Feng HSU, Paolo COSTA, Douglas M. CARMEAN
  • Patent number: 11860783
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to direct swap caching with noisy neighbor mitigation and dynamic address range assignment are described. A system includes a host operating system (OS), configured to support a first set of tenants associated with a compute node, where the host OS has access to: (1) a first swappable range of memory addresses associated with a near memory and (2) a second swappable range of memory addresses associated with a far memory. The host OS is configured to allocate memory in a granular fashion such that each allocation of memory to a tenant includes memory addresses corresponding to a conflict set having a conflict set size. The conflict set includes a first conflicting region associated with the first swappable range of memory addresses with the near memory and a second conflicting region associated with the second swappable range of memory addresses with the far memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ishwar Agarwal, Yevgeniy Bak, Lisa Ru-feng Hsu
  • Patent number: 11855690
    Abstract: A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes. The system may ensure a line of sight between the plurality of computing nodes and the optical transceivers to facilitate the free-space optical communications. The line of sight may be preserved by the position or placement of the computing nodes in the system. The position or placement of the computing nodes may be achieved by using different shaped enclosures for holding the computing nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Winston Allen Saunders, Christian L. Belady, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Hitesh Ballani, Paolo Costa, Douglas Carmean
  • Patent number: 11832033
    Abstract: A system for efficiently interconnecting computing nodes can include a plurality of computing nodes and a plurality of network switches coupled in parallel to the plurality of computing nodes. The system can also include a plurality of node interfaces. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes can include at least one node interface for each network switch among the plurality of network switches. The plurality of node interfaces corresponding to a computing node can be configured to send data to another computing node via the plurality of network switches. The system can also include a plurality of switch interfaces. Each network switch among the plurality of network switches can include at least one switch interface for each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes. A switch interface corresponding to the computing node can be coupled to a node interface corresponding to the computing node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hitesh Ballani, Winston Allen Saunders, Christian L. Belady, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Paolo Costa, Douglas M. Carmean
  • Patent number: 11791926
    Abstract: A system for interconnecting a plurality of computing nodes includes a plurality of optical circuit switches and a plurality of electrical circuit switches. A first network stage comprises a first plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes is optically coupled to at least one of the first plurality of circuit switches. A second network stage comprises a second plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each circuit switch among the first plurality of circuit switches is optically coupled to each circuit switch among the second plurality of optical circuit switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hitesh Ballani, Christian L. Belady, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Winston Allen Saunders, Paolo Costa, Douglas M. Carmean, Kai Shi, Charles Boecker
  • Publication number: 20230289288
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to direct swap caching with noisy neighbor mitigation and dynamic address range assignment are described. A system includes a host operating system (OS), configured to support a first set of tenants associated with a compute node, where the host OS has access to: (1) a first swappable range of memory addresses associated with a near memory and (2) a second swappable range of memory addresses associated with a far memory. The host OS is configured to allocate memory in a granular fashion such that each allocation of memory to a tenant includes memory addresses corresponding to a conflict set having a conflict set size. The conflict set includes a first conflicting region associated with the first swappable range of memory addresses with the near memory and a second conflicting region associated with the second swappable range of memory addresses with the far memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ishwar AGARWAL, Yevgeniy BAK, Lisa Ru-feng HSU
  • Patent number: 11678090
    Abstract: A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of node optical transceivers that are electrically coupled to at least some of the plurality of computing nodes. The system can also include a plurality of router optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications with the plurality of node optical transceivers. Each node optical transceiver among the plurality of node optical transceivers can have a corresponding router optical transceiver that is optically coupled to the node optical transceiver. The system can also include a router that is coupled to the plurality of router optical transceivers. The router can be configured to route the free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Winston Allen Saunders, Christian L. Belady, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Hitesh Ballani, Paolo Costa, Douglas M. Carmean
  • Patent number: 11656981
    Abstract: Methods and systems related to memory reduction in a system by oversubscribing physical memory shared among compute entities are provided. A portion of the memory includes a combination of a portion of a first physical memory of a first type and a logical pooled memory associated with the system. A logical pooled memory controller is configured to: (1) track both a status of whether a page of the logical pooled memory allocated to any of the plurality of compute entities is a known-pattern page and a relationship between logical memory addresses and physical memory addresses associated with any allocated logical pooled memory, and (2) allow the write operation to write data to any available space in the second physical memory of the first type only up to an extent of physical memory that corresponds to the portion of the logical pooled memory previously allocated to the compute entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Monish Shantilal Shah, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Daniel Sebastian Berger
  • Publication number: 20230125673
    Abstract: A system for interconnecting a plurality of computing nodes includes a plurality of optical circuit switches and a plurality of electrical circuit switches. A first network stage comprises a first plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes is optically coupled to at least one of the first plurality of circuit switches. A second network stage comprises a second plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each circuit switch among the first plurality of circuit switches is optically coupled to each circuit switch among the second plurality of optical circuit switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Hitesh BALLANI, Christian L. BELADY, Lisa Ru-Feng HSU, Winston Allen SAUNDERS, Paolo COSTA, Douglas M. CARMEAN, Kai SHI, Charles BOECKER
  • Publication number: 20230004488
    Abstract: Methods and systems related to memory reduction in a system by oversubscribing physical memory shared among compute entities are provided. A portion of the memory includes a combination of a portion of a first physical memory of a first type and a logical pooled memory associated with the system. A logical pooled memory controller is configured to: (1) track both a status of whether a page of the logical pooled memory allocated to any of the plurality of compute entities is a known-pattern page and a relationship between logical memory addresses and physical memory addresses associated with any allocated logical pooled memory, and (2) allow the write operation to write data to any available space in the second physical memory of the first type only up to an extent of physical memory that corresponds to the portion of the logical pooled memory previously allocated to the compute entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Monish Shantilal SHAH, Lisa Ru-feng HSU, Daniel Sebastian BERGER
  • Patent number: 11539453
    Abstract: A system for interconnecting a plurality of computing nodes includes a plurality of optical circuit switches and a plurality of electrical circuit switches. A first network stage comprises a first plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes is optically coupled to at least one of the first plurality of circuit switches. A second network stage comprises a second plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each circuit switch among the first plurality of circuit switches is optically coupled to each circuit switch among the second plurality of optical circuit switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hitesh Ballani, Christian L. Belady, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Winston Allen Saunders, Paolo Costa, Douglas M. Carmean, Kai Shi, Charles Boecker
  • Publication number: 20220405004
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for tracking memory usage data on a memory controller system and providing a mechanism whereby one or multiple accessing agents (e.g., computing nodes, applications, virtual machines) can access memory usage data for a memory resource managed by a memory controller. Indeed, the systems described herein facilitate generation of and access to heatmaps having memory usage data thereon. The systems described herein describe features and functionality related to generating and maintaining the heatmaps as well as providing access to the heatmaps to a variety of accessing agents. This memory tracking and accessing is performed using low processing overhead while providing useful information to accessing agents in connection with memory resources managed by a memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Lisa Ru-Feng HSU, Aninda MANOCHA, Ishwar AGARWAL, Daniel Sebastian BERGER, Stanko NOVAKOVIC, Janaina Barreiro GAMBARO BUENO, Vishal SONI
  • Publication number: 20220368420
    Abstract: A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes. The system may ensure a line of sight between the plurality of computing nodes and the optical transceivers to facilitate the free-space optical communications. The line of sight may be preserved by the position or placement of the computing nodes in the system. The position or placement of the computing nodes may be achieved by using different shaped enclosures for holding the computing nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Winston Allen SAUNDERS, Christian L. BELADY, Lisa Ru-Feng HSU, Hitesh BALLANI, Paolo COSTA, Douglas CARMEAN
  • Patent number: 11476934
    Abstract: A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes. The system may ensure a line of sight between the plurality of computing nodes and the optical transceivers to facilitate the free-space optical communications. The line of sight may be preserved by the position or placement of the computing nodes in the system. The position or placement of the computing nodes may be achieved by using different shaped enclosures for holding the computing nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Winston Allen Saunders, Christian L. Belady, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Hitesh Ballani, Paolo Costa, Douglas Carmean
  • Patent number: 11455239
    Abstract: Methods and systems related to memory reduction in a system by oversubscribing physical memory shared among compute entities are provided. A portion of the memory includes a combination of a portion of a first physical memory of a first type and a logical pooled memory associated with the system. A logical pooled memory controller is configured to: (1) track both a status of whether a page of the logical pooled memory allocated to any of the plurality of compute entities is a known-pattern page and a relationship between logical memory addresses and physical memory addresses associated with any allocated logical pooled memory, and (2) allow the write operation to write data to any available space in the second physical memory of the first type only up to an extent of physical memory that corresponds to the portion of the logical pooled memory previously allocated to the compute entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Monish Shantilal Shah, Lisa Ru-feng Hsu, Daniel Sebastian Berger
  • Patent number: 11442654
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for tracking memory usage data on a memory controller system and providing a mechanism whereby one or multiple accessing agents (e.g., computing nodes, applications, virtual machines) can access memory usage data for a memory resource managed by a memory controller. Indeed, the systems described herein facilitate generation of and access to heatmaps having memory usage data thereon. The systems described herein describe features and functionality related to generating and maintaining the heatmaps as well as providing access to the heatmaps to a variety of accessing agents. This memory tracking and accessing is performed using low processing overhead while providing useful information to accessing agents in connection with memory resources managed by a memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Aninda Manocha, Ishwar Agarwal, Daniel Sebastian Berger, Stanko Novakovic, Janaina Barreiro Gambaro Bueno, Vishal Soni
  • Publication number: 20220164118
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing tracked memory usage data and performing various actions based on memory usage data tracked by a memory controller on a memory device. For example, systems described herein involve collecting and compiling data across one or more memory controllers to evaluate characteristics of the memory usage data to determine hotness metric(s) for segments of a memory resource. The systems described herein may perform a variety of segment actions based on the hotness metric(s). In addition, the systems described herein can compile the memory usage data according to one or more access granularities. This compiled data may further be shared with multiple accessing agents in accordance with access resolutions of the respective accessing agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Lisa Ru-Feng HSU, Aninda MANOCHA, Ishwar AGARWAL, Daniel Sebastian BERGER, Stanko NOVAKOVIC, Janaina Barreiro GAMBARO BUENO, Vishal SONI
  • Publication number: 20220140934
    Abstract: A system for interconnecting a plurality of computing nodes includes a plurality of optical circuit switches and a plurality of electrical circuit switches. A first network stage comprises a first plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes is optically coupled to at least one of the first plurality of circuit switches. A second network stage comprises a second plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each circuit switch among the first plurality of circuit switches is optically coupled to each circuit switch among the second plurality of optical circuit switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Hitesh BALLANI, Christian L. BELADY, Lisa Ru-Feng HSU, Winston Allen SAUNDERS, Paolo COSTA, Douglas M. CARMEAN, Kai SHI, Charles BOECKER
  • Publication number: 20220141558
    Abstract: A system for efficiently interconnecting computing nodes can include a plurality of computing nodes and a plurality of network switches coupled in parallel to the plurality of computing nodes. The system can also include a plurality of node interfaces. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes can include at least one node interface for each network switch among the plurality of network switches. The plurality of node interfaces corresponding to a computing node can be configured to send data to another computing node via the plurality of network switches. The system can also include a plurality of switch interfaces. Each network switch among the plurality of network switches can include at least one switch interface for each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes. A switch interface corresponding to the computing node can be coupled to a node interface corresponding to the computing node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Hitesh BALLANI, Winston Allen SAUNDERS, Christian L. BELADY, Lisa Ru-Feng HSU, Paolo COSTA, Douglas M. CARMEAN
  • Publication number: 20220121386
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for tracking memory usage data on a memory controller system and providing a mechanism whereby one or multiple accessing agents (e.g., computing nodes, applications, virtual machines) can access memory usage data for a memory resource managed by a memory controller. Indeed, the systems described herein facilitate generation of and access to heatmaps having memory usage data thereon. The systems described herein describe features and functionality related to generating and maintaining the heatmaps as well as providing access to the heatmaps to a variety of accessing agents. This memory tracking and accessing is performed using low processing overhead while providing useful information to accessing agents in connection with memory resources managed by a memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Lisa Ru-Feng HSU, Aninda MANOCHA, Ishwar AGARWAL, Daniel Sebastian BERGER, Stanko NOVAKOVIC, Janaina Barreiro GAMBARO BUENO, Vishal SONI