Efficient Operand Multicast For Acceleration
In an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a requestor configured to transmit a first operand and a second operand, wherein the first operand is partitioned; a shared network configured to transmit the operands; a processing load balancer for receiving the operands; a plurality of processing elements that are configured to process the operands; and a private network configured to multicast the operands to the processing elements. In another embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: transmitting a first operand and a second operand from a requestor, wherein the first operand is partitioned; transmitting the operands along a shared network; receiving the operands by a processing load balancer; multicasting the operands by a private network; and processing the operands by a plurality of processing elements. In yet another embodiment of the invention, an article of manufacture comprises a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operable to permit an apparatus to perform a method comprising: transmitting a first operand and a second operand from a requestor, wherein the first operand is partitioned; transmitting the operands along a shared network; receiving the operands by a processing load balancer; multicasting the operands by a private network; and processing the operands by a plurality of processing elements.
1 . A system, comprising:
a requestor configured to transmit a first operand and a second operand, wherein the first operand is partitioned;
a shared network configured to transmit the operands;
a processing load balancer for receiving the operands;
a plurality of processing elements that are configured to process the operands; and
a private network configured to multicast the operands to the processing elements.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first operand comprises matrix A and wherein the matrix A is partitioned into matrix A 1 and matrix A 2 .
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of processing elements comprises a first processing element and a second processing element and wherein the private network transmits matrix {A 1 , B} to the first processing element and transmits matrix {A 2 , B} to the second processing element.
4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the first processing element accelerates the matrix {A 1 , B} and wherein the second processing element accelerates the matrix {A 2 , B}.
5 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the first processing element transcodes the matrix {A 1 , B} and wherein the second processing element transcodes the matrix {A 2 , B}.
6 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the first processing element transmits the matrix {A 1 , B} to a destination.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the destination comprises another network, a storage, or a server.
8 . The system of claim 2 wherein the first processing element is configured to receive the matrices {A 1 , B} and {A 2 , B} and wherein the first processing element is configured to transmit the matrix {A 2 , B} to the second processing element.
9 . A method, comprising:
transmitting a first operand and a second operand from a requestor, wherein the first operand is partitioned;
transmitting the operands along a shared network;
receiving the operands by a processing load balancer;
multicasting the operands by a private network; and
processing the operands by a plurality of processing elements.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first operand comprises matrix A and wherein the matrix A is partitioned into matrix A 1 and matrix A 2 .
11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of processing elements comprises a first processing element and a second processing element and wherein the private network transmits matrix {A 1 , B} to the first processing element and transmits matrix {A 2 , B} to the second processing element.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first processing element accelerates the matrix {A 1 , B} and wherein the second processing element accelerates the matrix {A 2 , B}.
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first processing element transcodes the matrix {A 1 , B} and wherein the second processing element transcodes the matrix {A 2 , B}.
14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first processing element transmits the matrix {A 1 , B} to a destination.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the destination comprises another network, a storage, or a server.
16 . The method of claim 11 wherein the first processing element is configured to receive the matrices {A 1 , B} and {A 2 , B} and wherein the first processing element is configured to transmit the matrix {A 2 , B} to the second processing element.
17 . An article of manufacture comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operable to permit an apparatus to perform a method comprising:
transmitting a first operand and a second operand from a requestor, wherein the first operand is partitioned;
transmitting the operands along a shared network;
receiving the operands by a processing load balancer;
multicasting the operands by a private network; and
processing the operands by a plurality of processing elements.
18 . The article of manufacture of claim 17 , wherein the first operand comprises matrix A and wherein the matrix A is partitioned into matrix A 1 and matrix A 2 .
19 . The article of manufacture of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of processing elements comprises a first processing element and a second processing element and wherein the private network transmits matrix {A 1 , B} to the first processing element and transmits matrix {A 2 , B} to the second processing element.
20 . The article of manufacture of claim 19 , wherein the first processing element accelerates the matrix {A 1 , B} and wherein the second processing element accelerates the matrix {A 2 , B}.
21 . The article of manufacture of claim 19 , wherein the first processing element transcodes the matrix {A 1 , B} and wherein the second processing element transcodes the matrix {A 2 , B}.
22 . The article of manufacture of claim 19 , wherein the first processing element transmits the matrix {A 1 , B} to a destination.
23 . The article of manufacture of claim 22 , wherein the destination comprises another network, a storage, or a server.
24 . The article of manufacture of claim 19 wherein the first processing element is configured to receive the matrices {A 1 , B} and {A 2 , B} and wherein the first processing element is configured to transmit the matrix {A 2 , B} to the second processing element.