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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth A. Lauffenburger, Carrollton, TX (US);
Al Whaley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Klaus S. Fosmark, Plano, TX (US);
William A. Perry, Jr., Addison, TX (US);
Charles F. Shelor, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Efficient Networks, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ; G01R 3/108 ; G06F 1/100 ; G08C 1/500 ; H04J 1/16 ; H04J 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ; G01R 3/108 ; G06F 1/100 ; G08C 1/500 ; H04J 1/16 ; H04J 3/14 ;
Abstract
A transmission circuit for transmitting data from a host to a remote includes a plurality of memory queues, and a memory controller operable to prefetch a burst of data cells from the host, wherein a first data cell of the burst is transmitted by the memory controller to the remote and the remainder of the data cells of the burst are stored in the plurality of memory queues for later transmission to the remote.