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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1997
Paul R. Teich, Austin, TX (US);
Sherman Lee, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A protocol accelerator includes a first processor connected to a host machine and programmed to provide a first protocol layer for data to be sent to a destination device. A second processor is connected to the first processor and is programmed to provide a second protocol layer for the data. A third processor is connected to the second processor and is programmed to provide a third protocol layer for the data. The third processor is connected to a network by which the data is sent to the destination device. The system can be configured for any number of protocol layers, by providing a dedicated processor in a pipelined configuration for each respective layer.