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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Artur Tadeusz Burchard, Eindhoven, NL;
Ewa Hekstra-nowacka, Waaire, NL;
Peter Van Den Hamer, Waaire, NL;
Atul Pratap Chauhan, Farrukhabad, IN;
Artur Tadeusz Burchard, Eindhoven, NL;
Ewa Hekstra-Nowacka, Waaire, NL;
Peter Van Den Hamer, Waaire, NL;
Atul Pratap Chauhan, Farrukhabad, IN;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A memory controller (SMC) is provided the for coupling a memory (MEM) to a network (N). The network (N) comprises at least one network interface (PCIEI) having network interface buffers (TPB, FCB) for implementing a flow control across the network (N). The memory controller (SMC) comprises a buffer managing unit (BMU) for managing the buffering of data from the network (N) to exchange data with the memory (MEM) in bursts. The buffer managing unit (BMU) furthermore monitors the network interface buffers (TPB, FCB) in order to determine whether sufficient data is present in the network interface buffers (FCB) such that a burst of data can be written to the memory (MEM) and whether sufficient space is available in the network interface buffers (TPB) such that a burst of data from the memory (MEM) can be buffered in the network interface buffers (TPB). The buffer managing unit (BMU) controls the access to the memory (MEM) according to according to the data and/or space in the network interface buffers (FCB, TPB).