Nvidia patents GPU method for splitting network data tasks
Nvidia describes a system where a graphics processing unit (GPU) handles tasks usually assigned to a network card. The GPU takes a single data request, breaks it into smaller parallel pieces, and sends these pieces to the network interface for transmission.
In the filing’s own words
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and techniques to process a work request (e.g., a Work Queue Element (WQE)) using graphics processing unit (GPU) resources. In at least one embodiment, the GPU detects one or more work requests to be processed, retrieves the work request(s), and processes the work request(s) in parallel.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A graphics processing unit (GPU) comprising: one or more circuits to: obtain a Work Queue Element (WQE) associated with data to be processed by a network interface that is separate from the GPU; use the WQE to generate a plurality of WQEs in parallel, each of the plurality of WQEs to be associated with a portion of the data; post the plurality of WQEs to at least one queue pair (QP) accessible by the network interface; and notify the network interface that the plurality of WQEs are available, the plurality of WQEs to instruct the network interface to transmit the data.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- USING A GPU TO PROCESS WORK REQUESTS ASSOCIATED WITH DATA FOR TRANSMISSION BY A NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER
- Publication number
- US20260301109A1
- Application number
- 19096309
- Filed
- Mar 31, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 1/20 Physics & computingG06F 9/542 Physics & computingG06F 2209/544 Physics & computingG06F 2209/548 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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