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Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008

Filed:

May. 10, 2002
Applicants:

Greg Maturi, San Jose, CA (US);

Sager Edara, San Jose, CA (US);

Neil Mammen, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Greg Maturi, San Jose, CA (US);

Sager Edara, San Jose, CA (US);

Neil Mammen, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method is described that forms different pieces of a packet and sends each one of the pieces toward a different memory unit amongst a plurality of memory units. Each one of the memory units is managed by a different network processor. The method also receives each of the different pieces, each of the pieces having been read from its respective memory unit of the plurality of memory units.


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