STTR Phase II: Splintered Topologically Close-Packed (TCP) Offload Engine for Grid Computing and Bandwith-Delay Product (BWDP)

STTR 第二阶段：用于网格计算和带宽延迟产品 (BWDP) 的分裂拓扑密堆积 (TC​​P) 卸载引擎

• 批准号: 0822744
• 负责人: James Awrach
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: SeaFire Micros, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-01 至 2011-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0822744&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; II; Splintered; Topologically

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II research project addresses the challenges of networks with extreme bandwidth delay products. Bulk data transfer over such networks used by national research laboratories and aerospace companies need to be provided with the endpoint resources required to ensure high performance in a cost effective manner. The outcomes of this project attempts to provide compatibility with present and future versions of GridFTP. The project addresses these challenges through the use of a novel offload engine. During the Phase I project, the feasibility of deriving and simulating the offload engine architecture, firmware, and creation of intellectual property (IP) for low-cost, high-performance field programmable gate array (FPGA) subsystems was completed. Successful results from this research will significantly advance the state of the art for off-load engines used in grid computing. Immediate applications include accommodating the e-Science community's need for scalable 10-100 Gbps off-load engines, while supporting present and future versions of GridFTP. Other applications include the use of our ultra high-speed offload engines for grid and cluster computing, utilizing our open source firmware. The FPGA code resulting from this project has the potential to be used as intellectual property that could then be marketed to off-load engine manufacturers. These IP cores would accrue cost-effective savings for existing engine firms and would accelerate products to the market.

这个小型企业技术转移 (STTR) 第二阶段研究项目解决了具有极端带宽延迟产品的网络挑战。国家研究实验室和航空航天公司使用的此类网络上的批量数据传输需要提供所需的端点资源，以确保以经济高效的方式实现高性能。该项目的成果试图提供与 GridFTP 当前和未来版本的兼容性。该项目通过使用新型卸载引擎来解决这些挑战。在第一阶段项目期间，完成了导出和模拟卸载引擎架构、固件以及为低成本、高性能现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）子系统创建知识产权（IP）的可行性。这项研究的成功结果将显着提高网格计算中使用的卸载引擎的技术水平。直接应用包括满足电子科学社区对可扩展 10-100 Gbps 卸载引擎的需求，同时支持当前和未来版本的 GridFTP。其他应用包括使用我们的超高速卸载引擎进行网格和集群计算，并利用我们的开源固件。该项目产生的 FPGA 代码有可能被用作知识产权，然后可以向卸载引擎制造商销售。这些IP核将为现有发动机公司节省成本效益，并加速产品上市。