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Method using port task scheduler

US7984208B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Tracey L. Gustafson · Hudson, US
Pak-Lung Seto · Shrewsbury, US
Gary Tsao · Austin, US
Nai-Chih Chang · Shrewsbury, US
Victor Lau · Farmington Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2008
Grant date	Jul 19, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/385
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a port having a plurality of lanes, a plurality of protocol engines. Each protocol engine is associated with one of the plurality of lanes, and processes tasks to be forwarded to a plurality of remote nodes. The apparatus also includes a first port task scheduler (PTS) to manage the tasks to be forwarded to the one or more of the plurality of protocol engines. The first PTS includes a register to indicate which of the plurality of protocol engines the first PTS is to support.

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