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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
André Dehon, Pasadena, CA (US);
Randy Huang, El Cerrito, CA (US);
John Wawrzynek, Berkeley, CA (US);
André DeHon, Pasadena, CA (US);
Randy Huang, El Cerrito, CA (US);
John Wawrzynek, Berkeley, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A fast router and a fast hardware-assisted routing method are disclosed in a network having endpoints, switches and interconnect links. The switches are programmable to allow endpoints to be connected through a particular configuration of switches. The switches also comprise: propagation circuitry which allows a search signal to be propagated through the network; allocation circuitry to set the configuration of switches once a path has been found; and deallocation circuitry to clear a configuration of switches once no path has been found.