Broadcom Corporation

Kan (Frankie) Fan

Caitlin Bestler

Shay Mizrachi

Rafi Shalom

Eliezer Aloni

Amit Oren

Uri Tal

Dov Hirshfeld

Kobby Carmona

Merav Sicron

Uri Elzur

Scott Sterling McDaniel

Steven B Lindsay

Hav Khauv

A network interface device for use with a host computer that includes a host processor and a memory, and which is configured to concurrently run a master operating system and at least one virtual operating system. The device includes a bus interface that communicates over a bus with the host processor and the memory, and a network interface, which is coupled to send and receive data packets carrying data over a packet network. A protocol processor is coupled between the bus interface and the network interface so as to convey the data between the network interface and the memory while performing protocol processing on the data packets under instructions from the at least one virtual operating system, while bypassing the master operating system.

Network interface device serving multiple host operating systems

A network interface device includes a bus interface that communicates over a bus with a host processor and memory, and a network interface, including at least first and second physical ports, which are coupled to send and receive data packets carrying data over a packet network. A protocol processor includes a single transmit processing pipeline and a single receive processing pipeline, which are coupled between the bus interface and the network interface so as to convey the data between both of the first and second physical ports of the network interface and the memory via the bus interface while performing protocol offload processing on the data packets.

Multi-port network interface device with shared processing resources

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Diamond Bar, CA, United States of America

Kan (Frankie) Fan