Systems and Methods for Providing Replicated Data from Memories to Processing Clients

A network switch device, comprising:

• a first electrical circuit substrate comprising:
• a plurality of packet processing clients for processing packet data received from a network;
• a plurality of memories, wherein a quantity of the memories is greater than a quantity of the packet processing clients, each of the memories storing a replica of control data to be used by the packet processing clients, the packet processing clients being configured to selectively read the control data from any of the memories;
• and
• an arbiter disposed on the first electrical substrate coupled to the packet processing clients and to the memories, the arbiter being configured to select in a first clock cycle for the plurality of packet processing clients a first subset of memories from among the plurality of memories from which to read the control data, and in a second clock cycle, subsequent to the first clock cycle, to select for the plurality of packet processing clients a second subset of memories from among the plurality of memories from which to read the control data, the second subset of memories including at least some memories that are not included in the first subset of memories.