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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Robert A. Alfieri, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gary D. Hicok, Mesa, AZ (US);
Paul J. Sidenblad, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark A. Parris, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Alfieri, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gary D. Hicok, Mesa, AZ (US);
Paul J. Sidenblad, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark A. Parris, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A novel network architecture that integrates the functions of an internet protocol (IP) router into a network processing unit (NPU) that resides in a host computer's chipset such that the host computer's resources are perceived as separate network appliances. The NPU appears logically separate from the host computer even though, in one embodiment, it is sharing the same chip.