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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Sean J. Treichler, Sunnnyvale, CA (US);
Dane T. Mrazek, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yin Fung (David) Tang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David B. Glasco, Austin, TX (US);
Colyn Scott Case, Hyde Park, VT (US);
Emmett M. Kilgariff, San Jose, CA (US);
Sean J. Treichler, Sunnnyvale, CA (US);
Dane T. Mrazek, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yin Fung (David) Tang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David B. Glasco, Austin, TX (US);
Colyn Scott Case, Hyde Park, VT (US);
Emmett M. Kilgariff, San Jose, CA (US);
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a crossbar unit that is coupled to a plurality of client subsystems. The crossbar unit is configured to transmit data packets between the client subsystems and includes a high-bandwidth channel and a narrow-bandwidth channel. The high-bandwidth channel is used for transmitting large data packets, while the narrow-bandwidth is used for transmitting smaller data packets. The transmission of data packets may be prioritized based on the source and destination clients as well as the type of data being transmitted. Further, the crossbar unit includes a buffer mechanism for buffering data packets received from source clients until those data packets can be received by the destination clients.