Patent ID: 11907152
Assignee: MOLEX, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A reconfigurable server, comprising:
main memory;
a processor module with a processor array, the processor array connected to the main memory and having a plurality of peripheral interconnect channels supporting a first communication protocol that is serial and a plurality of high data rate capable channels supporting a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol;
a hardware plane module with a first programmable logic device (PLD) that is a field programmable gate array (FPGA), the first PLD connected to the plurality of high data rate capable channels, and
a plurality of near-memory accelerator modules connected to the first PLD, each of the near-memory accelerator modules having a second PLD, wherein the second PLD is connected to the first PLD and each of the second PLDs is connected to a peripheral interconnect switch with a predetermined number of peripheral interconnect lanes, each of the peripheral interconnect switches being connected to a near-memory module with the predetermined number of PCie lanes, wherein a bandwidth between the second PLD and the corresponding near-memory module is only within ten percent of a bandwidth between the second PLD and the first PLD.