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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2000
Alain Benayoun, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Patrick Michel, La Gaude, FR;
Jean-francois Le Pennec, Nice, FR;
Gilles Toubol, Villeneuve Loubet, FR;
Alain Benayoun, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Patrick Michel, La Gaude, FR;
Jean-Francois Le Pennec, Nice, FR;
Gilles Toubol, Villeneuve Loubet, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to the invention, a device for transferring data between two workstations connected to a network is provided. This device comprises means for distributing data among a plurality of links of the network. Preferentially, the device comprises a dual-port memory for storing the data. In a preferred embodiment, the device further comprises a high speed interface for transmitting data from a workstation to the memory, associated with each link, a low speed interface for transmitting a part of the data from the memory to this link, and a controller for monitoring the data flow between the workstation and the plurality of links, by controlling the memory and the interfaces.