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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:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael D Rostoker, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
John P Daane, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sanjay Desai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
D Tony Stelliga, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39580029 ; 3952008 ; 395309 ;
Abstract
A single chip network interface apparatus includes a host interface circuit for communication with a host system bus, a network interface circuit for interfacing with a network bus, a dual port RAM coupled to the host interface circuit and also coupled to the network interface circuit, and a processor coupled to the dual port ram for converting packets of information between network protocol format and a format suitable for the host system bus.