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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Somnath Viswanath, San Jose, CA (US);
Bahadir Erimli, Campbell, CA (US);
Peter Ka-fai Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Yatin R. Acharya, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Somnath Viswanath, San Jose, CA (US);
Bahadir Erimli, Campbell, CA (US);
Peter Ka-Fai Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Yatin R. Acharya, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A multiport network device includes output port logic, priority logic, a memory, and memory logic. The output port logic generates output port data that identifies output ports to transmit received packets. The priority logic generates priority data that identifies priorities of the received packets. The memory stores the output port data from the output port logic and the priority data from the priority logic. The memory logic receives priority data relating to one of the received packets from the output port logic, determines whether the memory stores output port data relating to the packet, ignores the received priority data when the memory stores no output port data relating to the packet, and when the memory stores output port data relating to the packet, transmits the received priority data and the stored output port data to the identified output port.