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

Claim 0:
1. A method for discovering capabilities of a hardware (HW) accelerator card, the method comprising:
opening, by one or more processors via a communication interface, a communication channel between the one or more processors 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;

requesting, by the one or more processors via a communication interface and using the received handle, a listing of acceleration services from the HW accelerator card; and
receiving, by the one or more processors via the communication interface, the listing of acceleration services from the HW accelerator card, wherein the listing of acceleration services is stored within the HW accelerator card.