Broadcom Corporation

Henry Chou

Andrew Hwang

Thanh Tran

Scott C Denton

Switching between communication ports of a notebook is typically accomplished using an off-chip local area network (LAN) switch or an off-chip high speed analog multiplexer. This off-chip component is disadvantageous for several reasons, including: added cost of an additional component; increased overall power consumption because transmit amplitude loss; and reduced cable reach and link performance due to hybrid mismatch and signal distortions. To reduce cost and preserve electrical and networking performance, an integrated switch is provided to multiplex signals of a networking communication chip to multiple network paths.

Integrated switch

The present invention is directed to methods and systems for scaling receive protocol processing by allowing the network load from a network adapter to be balanced across multiple CPUs based on RSS and/or QoS traffic classification techniques.

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Anaheim, CA, United States of America

Henry Chou