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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Reconfigurable interconnect/switch for selectably coupling network devices, media, and switch fabric
Edoardo Campini, Mesa, AZ (US);
Douglas Lee Stahl, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David R. Formisano, Chandler, AZ (US);
Edoardo Campini, Mesa, AZ (US);
Douglas Lee Stahl, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David R. Formisano, Chandler, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable interconnect/switch for selectably coupling network devices, media, and switch fabric. The reconfigurable interconnect/switch enables network devices, such as network processor units (NPUs) to selectively communicate with other NPUs, media (via a media interface), and switch fabric (via a switch fabric interface), thus providing flexibility in the use of network line cards and the like. Embodiments of the switching/routing scheme may be employed to support network devices having separate media and/or switch fabric interfaces, as well as network devices having selectable media switch fabric (MSF) interfaces that share signal lines.