US Patent 11082350 Network server systems, architectures, components and related methods

A device can include a server that includes a host processor and at least one hardware acceleration (hwa) module having at least one computing element formed thereon, the at least one computing element including processing circuits configured to execute a plurality of processes, first memory circuits, second memory circuits, and a data transfer fabric configured to enable data transfers between the processing circuits and the first and second memory circuits; wherein the at least one computing element is configured to transfer data to, or receive data from, any of: the processing circuits, the first memory circuits, the second memory circuits, or other computing elements coupled to the data transfer fabric.