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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Anujan Varma, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Robert C. Restrick, Hopatoong, NJ (US);
Jaisimha Bannur, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anujan Varma, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Robert C. Restrick, Hopatoong, NJ (US);
Jaisimha Bannur, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus capable of queuing and de-queuing data stored in a plurality of queues. The apparatus includes a status storage device to track status for each of the plurality of queues, a status cache to track status for a subset of the plurality of queues that are undergoing processing, and a queuing engine to queue incoming data and de-queue outgoing data. The queuing engine receives and updates the status for the subset of the plurality of queues from the status cache and receives and updates the status for remaining queues from the status storage device.