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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kalpesh D. Mehta, Chandler, AZ (US);
Krishna Shetty, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/212 ; H04Q 1/100 ; H04L 1/250 ; H04L 1/200 ; G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/212 ; H04Q 1/100 ; H04L 1/250 ; H04L 1/200 ; G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A method for employing an associative memory to implement a message passing switch. The method comprising the step of receiving data in a time slot. The method also comprising the step of examining an interrupt register to determine if the data is a message. Additionally, the method comprises the step of storing the data in a memory location and transferring the data to an external device.