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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Lsi Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard Solomon, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Eugene Saghi, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

John C. Udell, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Assignee:

LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dynamically controllable buffering system includes a data buffer that is communicatively coupled between first and second data interfaces and operable to perform as an elasticity first-in-first-out buffer in a first mode and to perform as a store-and-forward buffer in a second mode. The system also includes a controller that is operable to detect data rates of the first and second data interfaces, to operate the data buffer in the first mode when the first data interface has a data transfer rate that is faster than a data transfer rate of the second data interface, and to operate the data buffer in the second mode when the second data interface has a data transfer rate that is faster than the data transfer rate of the first data interface.


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