System-on-a-chip (SoC) device with integrated support for ethernet, TCP, iSCSI, RDMA, and network application acceleration
US7596144B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 16, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Certain aspects of a method and system for a system-on-a-chip (SoC) device with integrated support for Ethernet, TCP, iSCSI, RDMA, and network application acceleration are provided. Aspects of the method may include storing on a multifunction host bus adapter (MHBA) chip that handles a plurality of protocols, at least a portion of received data for at least one of a plurality of network connections. The MHBA chip may be configured for handling the received data based on one of the plurality of protocols that is associated with the received data. The received data for the at least one of the plurality of network connections may be processed within the MHBA chip. The one of the plurality of protocols may include an Ethernet protocol, a transmission control protocol (TCP), an Internet protocol (IP), an Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) protocol, and/or a remote direct memory access (RDMA) protocol.
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