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US 2002/0172210 A1Published application
Network device switch
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsGilbert Wolrich, Matthew J. Adiletta, Aaron Gorius, Donald F. Hooper, Douglass Carrigan, Chandra Vora
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Abstract
A switch for transmitting data from a first device to a second device includes a port in communication with the second device, queues which store slices of data received from the first device, and circuitry for selectively outputting a slice of the data from at least one of the queues to the port for transmission to the second device.
Claims17
A switch for transmitting data from a first device to a second device, comprising:
- a port in communication with the second device;
- queues which store slices of data received from the first device;
- and
- circuitry for selectively outputting a slice of the data from at least one of the queues to the port for transmission to She second device.
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A switch for transmitting data from a network processor to multiple devices, comprising:
- input segments which receive slices of data from the network processor and which store the slices of data in respective queues;
- output segments containing ports with connections to the multiple devices;
- and
- circuitry for selectively outputting the slices of data from the queues to the output segments for transmission to the multiple devices.
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A system comprising:
- a first network processor;
- a second network processor;
- and
- a switch having a bus over which the first network processor and the second network processor communicate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.