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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJean Louis Calvignac, Marco C. Heddes, Joseph Franklin Logan, Fabrice Jean Verplanken
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A method and system for reducing the number of accesses to memory to obtain the desired field information in frame control blocks. In one embodiment of the present invention, a system comprises a processor configured to process frames of data. The processor may comprise a data flow unit configured to receive and transmit frames of data, where each frame of data may have an associated frame control block. Each frame control block comprises a first and a second control block. The processor may further comprise a first memory coupled to the data flow unit configured to store field information for the first control block. The processor may further comprise a scheduler coupled to the data flow unit where the scheduler is configured to schedule frames of data received by data flow unit. The scheduler may comprise a second memory configured to store field information for the second control block.
A system comprising:
A method for reducing the number of memory accesses to obtain the desired information in frame control blocks, wherein each of said frame control blocks comprises a first control block and a second control block, wherein said first control block is associated with a first memory, wherein said second control block is associated with a second memory, wherein said first memory comprises a first frame buffer control unit, wherein said first frame buffer control unit stores field information for said first control block of said frame control block, wherein said second memory comprises a second frame buffer control unit, wherein said second frame buffer control unit stores field information for said second control block of said frame control block, the method comprising the steps of:
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