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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Ravikrishna Cherukuri, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ravikrishna Cherukuri, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Redback Networks Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sharing memory space of multiple memory units by multiple processing units are described. In an embodiment, a method includes storing a set of data across more than one of at least two memory units upon determining that the number of sets of data is static. The method also includes storing the set of data within a single memory unit of the at least two memory units upon determining that the set of data is dynamic.