Robert Houston Sharp

US Patent:

20060116895, Jun 1, 2006

Filed:

Nov 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/999851

Inventors:

Robert Sharp - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

A business method for preserving the value of business assets, and more particularly, the value of assets that are subject to associated license agreements.

US Patent:

20090216550, Aug 27, 2009

Filed:

Feb 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/372684

Inventors:

Robert E. Sharp - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 1

Abstract:

A business method for preserving the value of business assets, and more particularly, the value of assets that are subject to associated license agreements.

US Patent:

20210117246, Apr 22, 2021

Filed:

Dec 23, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/133066

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Pradeep Pappachan - Tualatin OR, US
Luis Kida - Beaverton OR, US
Soham Jayesh Desai - Hillsboro OR, US
Sujoy Sen - Beaverton OR, US
Selvakumar Panneer - Portland OR, US
Robert Sharp - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/50
G06F 9/38
G06T 1/20
G06T 1/60

Abstract:

An apparatus to facilitate disaggregated computing for a distributed confidential computing environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more processors to facilitate receiving a manifest corresponding to graph nodes representing regions of memory of a remote client machine, the graph nodes corresponding to a command buffer and to associated data structures and kernels of the command buffer used to initialize a hardware accelerator and execute the kernels, and the manifest indicating a destination memory location of each of the graph nodes and dependencies of each of the graph nodes; identifying, based on the manifest, the command buffer and the associated data structures to copy to the host memory; identifying, based on the manifest, the kernels to copy to local memory of the hardware accelerator; and patching addresses in the command buffer copied to the host memory with updated addresses of corresponding locations in the host memory.

US Patent:

20210112003, Apr 15, 2021

Filed:

Dec 21, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/129756

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Rajesh M. SANKARAN - Portland OR, US
Ashok RAJ - Portland OR, US
Nrupal JANI - Hillsboro OR, US
Parthasarathy SARANGAM - Portland OR, US
Robert O. SHARP - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/747
G06F 13/28
H04L 12/861
G06F 12/1081
H04L 12/773

Abstract:

A network interface controller can be programmed to direct write received data to a memory buffer via either a host-to-device fabric or an accelerator fabric. For packets received that are to be written to a memory buffer associated with an accelerator device, the network interface controller can determine an address translation of a destination memory address of the received packet and determine whether to use a secondary head. If a translated address is available and a secondary head is to be used, a direct memory access (DMA) engine is used to copy a portion of the received packet via the accelerator fabric to a destination memory buffer associated with the address translation. Accordingly, copying a portion of the received packet through the host-to-device fabric and to a destination memory can be avoided and utilization of the host-to-device fabric can be reduced for accelerator bound traffic.

US Patent:

20210006511, Jan 7, 2021

Filed:

Sep 21, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/026651

Inventors:

Piotr Uminski - Gdynia, PL
Anjali Singhai Jain - Portland OR, US
Eliel Louzoun - Jerusalem, IL
Robert O. Sharp - Austin TX, US
Vivek Kashyap - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/939
H04L 12/709
H04L 12/703
H04L 12/931
H04L 29/12
H04L 12/721
G06F 15/173

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for software-controlled active-backup mode of link aggregation for RDMA and virtual functions. A Network Interface Controller (NIC) includes hardware implementing first and second physical functions (PFs) including transmit and receive resources to support data transfers via first and second ports. A bonding group is created with the first and second PFs. The first PF as an active PF and used for primary data transfers while implementing the second PF as a backup PF. On a link or port failure of the active PF, the bonding group is reconfigured to employ transmit and receive resources of the backup PF such that those resources are shared with the active PF. Data transfers are then performed using the shared resources of the active PF and the backup PF. Embodiments may support RDMA data transfers using PF bonding and the solution may be implemented in virtualized environments including virtual machines (VMs) in a manner transparent to the VMs.

US Patent:

20200319812, Oct 8, 2020

Filed:

Jun 23, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/909693

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Yadong LI - Portland OR, US
Ziye YANG - Shanghai, CN
Changpeng LIU - Shanghai, CN
Banghao YING - Wenzhou, CN
Robert O. SHARP - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/06

Abstract:

Examples described herein relate to accessing an initiator as a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NMVe) device. In some examples, the initiator is configured with an address space, configured in kernel or user space, for access by a virtualized execution environment. In some examples, the initiator to copy one or more storage access commands from the virtualized execution environment into a queue for access by a remote direct memory access (RDMA) compatible network interface. In some examples, the network interface to provide Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) compatible commands based on the one or more storage access commands to a target storage device. In some examples, the initiator is created as a mediated device in kernel space or user space of a host system. In some examples, configuration of a physical storage pool address of the target storage device for access by the virtualized execution environment occurs by receipt of the physical storage pool address in a configuration command. In some examples, configuration of the target storage device for access by the virtualized execution environment occurs by receipt of a storage pool internal NVMe Qualified Name in the configuration command.

US Patent:

20200042350, Feb 6, 2020

Filed:

Oct 7, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/594819

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Neerav PARIKH - Hillsboro OR, US
Robert O. SHARP - Austin TX, US
Gregory J. BOWERS - Hillsboro OR, US
Ryan E. HALL - Hillsboro OR, US
Chinh T. CAO - Beaverton OR, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/48
G06F 9/455
G06F 9/50

Abstract:

Tenant support is provided in a multi-tenant configuration in a data center by a Physical Function driver communicating a virtual User Priority to a virtual traffic class mapper to a Virtual Function driver. The Physical Function driver configures the Network Interface Controller to map virtual User Priorities to Physical User Priorities and to enforce the Virtual Function's limited access to Traffic Classes. Data Center Bridging features assigned to the physical network interface controller are hidden by virtualizing user priorities and traffic classes. A virtual Data Center Bridging configuration is enabled for a Virtual Function, to provide access to the user priorities and traffic classes that are not visible to the Virtual Function that the Virtual Function may need.

US Patent:

20190354406, Nov 21, 2019

Filed:

Jul 29, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/524448

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Neerav Parikh - Hillsboro OR, US
Robert Sharp - Austin TX, US
Sujoy Sen - Beaverton OR, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/50
G06F 9/455
G06F 15/173

Abstract:

Technologies for remote direct memory access (RDMA) queue pair quality of service (QoS) management are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, several queue pairs associated with a virtual machine on a compute sled may be created in a network interface controller of the compute sled. A QoS parameter such as a class of service identifier or a weighting may be assigned to each queue pair such that each queue pair has a different available bandwidth. The compute sled may also predict future RDMA queue pair bandwidth usage and adjust RDMA queue pair bandwidth allocation based on the prediction.