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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Mileend Gadkari, Milpitas, CA (US);
Harsimran S. Grewal, Los Gatos, CA (US);
George Apostol, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mileend Gadkari, Milpitas, CA (US);
Harsimran S. Grewal, Los Gatos, CA (US);
George Apostol, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cavium Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A subsystem () is provided at least Direct Memory Access (DMA) device () utilized to provide instructions to facilitate the operation of a subsystem processor (). In one embodiment, a system level processor () initiates the provision of instructions for a subsystem (). The DMA device may be additionally or alternatively utilized to provide data transfer capabilities to a plurality of data channels in a subsystem (). The DMA device processes channels in a time limited manner to ensure that data is processed in a manner appropriate for time critical data.