Patent ID: 9268684
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An HPC system having a plurality of housings, each housing including one or more computing blades that each have at least one computing processor, wherein a plurality of the computing processors in the HPC system are configured to cooperate to perform a computation defined by a user of the HPC system, and wherein at least one housing comprises: a computing region having a first computing processor that is used in performing the computation; and a data storing region, coupled to the computing region by a first data connector, the data storing region having a) a non-volatile memory containing data for use in performing the computation, b) a second data connector that is coupled to a data network external to the at least one housing, and c) a second computing processor, coupled to the first data connector, to the second data connector, and to the non-volatile memory; wherein the second computing processor is configured to (a) convey data, using the first data connector, between the non-volatile memory and the first computing processor for use in performing the computation, and to (b) convey data, using the second data connector according to a data network protocol, between the data network external to the housing and the non-volatile memory without interrupting the performing of the computation by the first computing processor in the computing region.