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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Yi-hsien Hao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Scott Mcdaniel, Villa Park, CA (US);
John K. Lenell, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Andrew M. Naylor, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Yi-Hsien Hao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Scott McDaniel, Villa Park, CA (US);
John K. Lenell, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Andrew M. Naylor, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Memory structure, and packet-based switch including the memory structure, having Address Resolution Table and Packet Data Buffer table employing a shared memory. Transmit Descriptor Table also may share memory. Address Resolution Table can be implemented with direct mapping, for which destination address key direct-mapped address search may be used. The memory structure and switch implement an IEEE Std. 802.3 communication protocol via multiple ports.