DMA shared byte counters in a parallel computer
A parallel computer system is constructed as a network of interconnected compute nodes. Each of the compute nodes includes at least one processor, a memory and a DMA engine. The DMA engine includes a processor interface for interfacing with the at least one processor, DMA logic, a memory interface for interfacing with the memory, a DMA network interface for interfacing with the network, injection and reception byte counters, injection and reception FIFO metadata, and status registers and control registers. The injection FIFOs maintain memory locations of the injection FIFO metadata memory locations including its current head and tail, and the reception FIFOs maintain the reception FIFO metadata memory locations including its current head and tail. The injection byte counters and reception byte counters may be shared between messages.
- Research Organization:
- International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Assignee:
- International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,694,035
- Application Number:
- 11/768,781
- OSTI ID:
- 1176223
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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