Network switch having descriptor cache and method thereof
US6601116B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/3036
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device for writing descriptors, the device including a local memory comprising a multiplicity of mini-queues, wherein each of the mini-queues temporarily stores a plurality of descriptors, wherein each of the descriptors is associated with one of the data packets. Additionally including an output memory comprising a multiplicity of output queues, wherein each of the output queues in output memory is associated with one of the queues in said local memory, and a burst writer which writes N descriptors simultaneously from the mini-queue in the local memory to its associated output queue in output memory.
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