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Integrated circuit device and method of performing cut-through forwarding of packet data

US9450894B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. · US

Inventor

Graham Edmiston · Bridge of Weir, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 2011
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/60
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit device includes a cut-through forwarding module. The cut-through forwarding module includes at least one receiver component arranged to receive data to be forwarded, and at least one transmitter component arranged to transmit data stored within at least one transmitter buffer thereof. The cut-through forwarding module further includes at least one delimiter component arranged to trigger a transmission of frame data within the at least one transmitter buffer, upon receipt of a first number elements of a respective data frame by the at least one receiver component, the first number of data elements comprising a first predefined integer value.

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