Blockchain Integrated Station Hardware Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing blockchain network architecture faces challenges with inconsistent technical interfaces and high deployment and maintenance costs due to the need for privatization deployment, especially as it transitions from the 1.0 and 2.0 architecture eras to meet increasing demands for high performance and availability.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of a blockchain integrated station equipped with a blockchain node device comprising a smart network card, central processing unit, smart contract processing chip, and memory, which offloads transaction consensus and smart contract execution tasks to improve efficiency and reduce resource usage, along with a cryptographic accelerator card for enhanced security and key management, forming a blockchain network with optimized hardware and software integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If blockchain networks use privatization deployment to meet high performance and availability demands, then system performance and reliability are improved, but deployment complexity and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The blockchain node device is segmented into specialized functional modules: smart network card for consensus processing, smart contract processing chip for contract execution, cryptographic accelerator card for security operations, and central processing unit for coordination. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while reducing overall deployment complexity through modular assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The smart network card acts as an intermediary between the network and the central processing unit, handling transaction consensus processing independently. This mediator approach offloads consensus tasks from the main CPU, simplifying the deployment architecture while improving system reliability and performance.
2Productivity
If transaction consensus and smart contract execution are processed by general-purpose CPUs, then device simplicity is maintained, but processing efficiency and resource utilization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Processing functions are segmented across specialized hardware: smart network card handles consensus, smart contract processing chip executes contracts, and cryptographic accelerator card manages security operations. This segmentation dramatically improves processing efficiency while the modular design keeps hardware architecture manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
General-purpose CPU processing is replaced with dedicated hardware accelerators for specific tasks. The smart contract processing chip and cryptographic accelerator card substitute CPU-based processing with specialized hardware, improving efficiency while maintaining reasonable hardware complexity through functional specialization.
3Ease of operation
If blockchain nodes perform all consensus and execution tasks locally, then system autonomy is maintained, but resource consumption and operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
Resource-intensive tasks are segmented and distributed to specialized hardware components with optimized efficiency. The smart network card, smart contract processing chip, and cryptographic accelerator card each handle specific tasks with higher efficiency than general-purpose CPUs, reducing overall resource consumption while maintaining node autonomy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters of blockchain nodes by introducing hardware acceleration, which fundamentally alters resource consumption characteristics. Specialized hardware components perform consensus and execution tasks with lower energy consumption and higher throughput compared to software-based CPU processing, reducing operational costs while preserving autonomy.
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AI summary
One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide a dedicated blockchain node device and a blockchain network, where the dedicated blockchain node device includes a blockchain node device, and the blockchain node device includes a smart network card, a central processing unit, a smart contract processing chip, and a memory; the smart network card is configured to perform transaction consensus with other nodes in a blockchain network to which the blockchain node device belongs, and upload the transaction that passed the consensus to the central processing unit; the central processing unit is configured to receive the transaction uploaded by the smart network card and send the transaction for calling a smart contract to the smart contract processing chip; the smart contract processing chip is configured to receive the transaction sent by the central processing unit and execute the smart contract called by the transaction; and the memory is configured to store blockchain data and status data.