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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
John Shigeto Minami, Honolulu, HI (US);
Michael Ward Johnson, Livermore, CA (US);
John Shigeto Minami, Honolulu, HI (US);
Michael Ward Johnson, Livermore, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication processor of a class, such as an Internet tuner, provides such desirable features (FIG.) as LAN support, an SPI interface (), a dedicated port (), and ADPCM () for audio applications. The invention provides a low-cost, low-power, easily manufactured, small form-actor network access module which has a low memory demand and provides a highly efficient protocol decode. The invention comprises a hardware-integrated system that both decodes multiple network protocols in a streaming manner concurrently and processes packet data in one pass, thereby reducing system memory and form factor requirements, while also eliminating software CPU overhead.