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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Jacob J. Schroeder, Lyngey, DK;
Magnussen Andreas, Fredensborg, DK;
Jens K. Andreassen, Lyngey, DK;
Steen V. Kock, Copenhagen, DK;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A network processor application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) includes a plurality of processor devices each adapted to generate a semaphore operation request. A request arbiter, having connections to the plurality of processor devices, is provided to determine the semaphore operation request from one of the plurality of processor devices to be forwarded. A content addressable memory (CAM) is provided to store a data set. A CAM control state machine interconnects the request arbiter and the CAM, and implements a semaphore operation requested by one of the plurality of processor devices to the content addressable memory to access the data set.