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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Vikram Chopra, Pune, IN;
Ajay Desai, Pune, IN;
Raghunath Iyer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sundar Iyer, Palo Altos, CA (US);
Moti Jiandani, Fremont, CA (US);
Ajit Shelat, Pune, IN;
Navneet Yadav, Pune, IN;
PMC-Sierra US, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A high-speed rule processing apparatus is disclosed that may be used to implement a wide variety of rule processing tasks such as network address translation, firewall protection, quality of service, IP routing, and/or load balancing. The high-speed rule processor uses an array of compare engines that operate in parallel. Each compare engine includes memory for storing instructions and operands, an arithmetic-logic for performing comparisons, and control circuitry for interpreting the instructions and operands. The results from the array of compare engines is prioritized using a priority encoding system.