Interconnection device with integrated storage
US6850536B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/30
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interconnection device (300) with a number of links (306, 308, 310, 312 and 314), each link having a number of link input ports (302), link output ports (304) and storage registers (316). An input selection switch (402) is coupled to a selected link input port to receive an input data token. The storage registers (316) may be used to store input data tokens. A storage access switch (404) is coupled to the input selection switch (402) and to the storage registers (316) and may be used to select the current input data token or a token from the storage registers as an output data token. An output selection switch (406) receives the output data token and provides it to a selected link output port. The interconnection device may, for example, be used to connect the inputs and outputs of the processing elements of a vector processor or digital signal processor.
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