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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Applicant:
Koray Oner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Koray Oner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multiprocessor switching device substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described in connection with a descriptor write back timer mechanism for use in efficiently writing descriptors back to memory after transmitting data under control of the descriptors to inform the processor(s) about system-related functions for a plurality of channels. A timing interval pulse is provided for prompting descriptor write back operations that are otherwise subject to a minimum descriptor count requirement.