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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Ethan Mirsky, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert French, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian Eslick, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ethan Mirsky, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert French, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian Eslick, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for configuration of multiple context processing elements (MCPEs) are described. The method and an apparatus is capable of selectively transmitting data over a bidirectional shared bus network including a plurality of channels between pairs of MCPEs in the networked array. The method and an apparatus then selectively transmits a sideband bit indicating a direction in which the data is transmitted in the shared bus network.