Patent · US Expired

Apparatus, method and limited set of messages to transmit data between components of a network processor

US7085266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 2002
Grant dateAug 1, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/7825
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interface to interconnect chips in a multi-chip system includes a limited set of messages and circuit arrangements to generate the limited set of messages. The chips can be configured in different operational modes which dictates what portion of a frame is to be transmitted between selected chips of the system.

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