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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Li-Jau (Steven) Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Rich Traber, Fremont, CA (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for translating medium access control (MAC) dependent descriptors for a high performance network interface card. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention includes a circuit for translating a medium access control descriptor from a first format into a second format. The circuit includes a translator circuit coupled to receive a descriptor which corresponds to data stored within a memory. Specifically, the translator circuit translates the descriptor from a first descriptor format into a second descriptor format. Furthermore, the circuit includes a medium access control (MAC) circuit coupled to the translator circuit to receive the descriptor in the second descriptor format. More specifically, the medium access control circuit uses the descriptor in the second descriptor format to retrieve the data from the memory.