Patent ID: 11861408
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A system comprising:
a communication interface;
a hardware (HW) accelerator card comprising one or more accelerators and a first memory storing a listing of acceleration services provided by the one or more accelerators; and
a processor, in communication with the HW accelerator card via the communication interface, the processor configured to:
open, via the communication interface, a communication channel between the processor and the HW accelerator card, wherein opening the communication channel includes:
requesting a handle to the HW accelerator card, and
receiving the handle to the HW accelerator card;

request, via the communication interface and using the received handle, the listing of acceleration services from the HW accelerator card; and
receive, via the communication interface, the listing of acceleration services from the HW accelerator card.