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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Anupam Anand, Newark, CA (US);
Chien-hsien Wu, Cuppertino, CA (US);
Samir K. Sanghani, San Jose, CA (US);
Anupam Anand, Newark, CA (US);
Chien-Hsien Wu, Cuppertino, CA (US);
Samir K. Sanghani, San Jose, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device for processing packets. The network device includes a memory management unit for storing packets and performing resource checks on each packet and an egress module for performing packet modification and transmitting the packet to a destination port. The memory management unit includes a timer for indicating that a free space should be created on a bus slot between the memory management unit and the egress module, wherein the free space is used for transmitting CPU instructions from the memory management unit to the egress module.