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Method and apparatus for communicating data between a network transceiver and memory circuitry

US7424553B1 · kind B1 · utility

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29Claims

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Assignee

XILINX, INC. · US

Inventors

Christopher J. Borrelli · Campbell, US
Paul M. Hartke · Stanford, US
Glenn A. Baxter · Scotts Valley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 2004
Grant date	Sep 9, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 21, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L49/90
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for communicating data between a network transceiver and memory circuitry is described. In one example, a transmit peripheral includes a streaming interface configured to receive a communication sequence having data read from the memory circuitry. A receive peripheral includes a streaming interface configured to transmit a communication sequence having data to be written to the memory circuitry. Media access control (MAC) circuitry is configured to transmit the data read from the memory circuitry to the network transceiver, and receive the data to be written to the memory circuitry from the network transceiver.

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