Patent · US Expired

Packet data placement in a processor cache

US7404040B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateDec 30, 2004
Grant dateJul 22, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 1, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/9063
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Packet data received by a network controller is parsed and at least a portion of a received packet is stored by the network controller in both a host memory of a system and also in a cache memory of the central processing unit of the system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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