Context pipelines
US7181594B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 25, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/30123
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of parallel hardware-based multithreaded processing is described. The method includes assigning tasks for packet processing to programming engines and establishing pipelines between programming stages, which correspond to the programming engines. The method also includes establishing contexts for the assigned tasks on the programming engines and using a software controlled cache such as a CAM to transfer data between next neighbor registers residing in the programming engines.
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