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Multithreaded address resolution system

US6633865B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1999
Grant dateOct 14, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99933
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for executing a multiple step database lookup procedure, the apparatus including a plurality of processing units, at least two processing units being coupled to a memory containing a database to be looked up, and a plurality of data pipelines which couple the plurality of processing units to each other and to external apparatus, wherein each processing unit executes at least one step in the multiple step database lookup procedure.

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