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System for providing virtualization of network interfaces at various layers

US7843926B1 · kind B1 · utility

18Cited by

26References

30Claims

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Assignee

Oracle America, Inc. · US

Inventors

Shimon Muller · Sunnyvale, US
Ariel Hendel · Cupertino, US
Yatin Gajjar · Fremont, US
Michael Wong · Fremont, US
Andreas Bechtolsheim · Stanford, US
David R. Cheriton · Palo Alto, US
Mohammad K. Issa · Los Altos, US
Aly E. Orady · Sunnyvale, US
Raju Penumatcha · Plano, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 5, 2005
Grant date	Nov 30, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/387
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network system which includes a plurality of separate processing entities, an input output bus, and a network interface unit shared among the plurality of separate processing entities is disclosed. The network interface unit is coupled to the plurality of separate processing entities via the input output bus. The network interface unit has a plurality of memory access channels and each memory access channel is assigned to one processing entity.

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