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System and method for creating a scalable monolithic packet processing engine

US8868801B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2013
Grant dateOct 21, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/557
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A novel and efficient method is described that creates a monolithic high capacity Packet Engine (PE) by connecting N lower capacity Packet Engines (PEs) via a novel Chip-to-Chip (C2C) interface. The C2C interface is used to perform functions, such as memory bit slicing and to communicate shared information, and enqueue/dequeue operations between individual PEs.

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