Nvidia patents network chip that prepares data for GPUs
Nvidia describes a system where a network interface card converts incoming data into a specific format before saving it to memory. This allows a separate parallel processing unit, such as a GPU, to read and process the data more efficiently without doing the initial conversion itself.
In the filing’s own words
Methods and systems for obtaining data having a first format, converting the data to a second format, storing the converted data in memory accessible by at least one parallel processing unit, and processing the converted data stored in the memory using the at least one parallel processing unit.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A system comprising: at least one accelerator to perform at least one operation using data stored in memory; and a network interface separate from the at least one accelerator to convert the data and store the data in the memory in preparation of performance of the at least one operation by the at least one accelerator.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- PREPROCESSING DATA USING A NETWORK INTERFACE
- Publication number
- US20260300779A1
- Application number
- 19697290
- Filed
- Jun 3, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 10
- Claims
- 1
Classified under
G06N 5/04 Physics & computingG16H 30/20 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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