The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Pensando Systems Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Michael Brian Galles, Los Altos, CA (US);
J. Bradley Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Hemant Vinchure, San Jose, CA (US);
PENSANDO SYSTEMS INC., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for a programmable IO device interface are provided. The apparatus may comprise: a first memory unit having a plurality of programs stored thereon, the plurality of programs are associated with a plurality of actions comprising updating memory based data structure, inserting a DMA command or initiating an event; a second memory unit for receiving and storing a table result, and the table result is provided by a table engine configured to perform packet match operations on (i) a packet header vector contained in a header portion and (ii) data stored in a programmable match table; and circuitry for executing a program selected from the plurality of programs in response to the table result and an address received by the apparatus, and the program is executed until completion and the program is associated with the programmable match table.