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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Shimon Muller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ariel Hendel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yatin Gajjar, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rahoul Puri, Los Altos, CA (US);
May Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shimon Muller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ariel Hendel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yatin Gajjar, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rahoul Puri, Los Altos, CA (US);
May Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A network system which includes a plurality of processing entities, an interconnect device coupled to the plurality of processing entities, a memory system coupled to the interconnect device and the plurality of processing entities, a network interface unit coupled to the plurality of processing entities and the memory system via the interconnect device. The network interface includes a memory access module and a packet classifier. The memory access module includes a plurality of parallel memory access channels. The packet classifier provides a flexible association between packets and the plurality of processing entities via the plurality of memory access channels.