Network interface device
AssigneeSolarflare Communications, Inc.
InventorsSteven L. Pope, Dmitri Kitariev, Derek Roberts
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Abstract
A network interface device has an interface configured to interface with a network. The interface is configured to at least one of receive data from the network and put data onto the network. The network interface device has an application specific integrated device with a plurality of data processing pipelines to process at least one of data which has been received from the network and data which is to be put onto said network and an FPGA arranged in a path parallel to the data processing pipelines.
Claims15
A network interface device comprising:
- an interface configured to interface with a network, said interface configured to at least one of receive data from the network and put data onto said network;
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- an application specific integrated device comprising a plurality of data processing pipelines to process at least one of data which has been received from the network and data which is to be put onto said network and an FPGA arranged in a path parallel to the data processing pipelines.
A network interface device comprising:
- an interface configured to interface with a network, said interface configured to at least one of receive data from the network and put data onto said network;
- a plurality of data processing pipelines to process at least one of data which has been received from the network and data which is to be put onto said network, said plurality of data processing pipelines being provided by ASIC logic;
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- a data processing path arranged in parallel to the data processing pipelines, said data processing path being implemented by a programmable gate array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.