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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Graham Edmiston, Bridge of Weir, GB;
Graham Edmiston, Bridge of Weir, GB;
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit device comprising at least one cut-through forwarding module. The cut-through forwarding module comprises at least one receiver component arranged to receive data to be forwarded, and to generate a request for transmission of a block of data upon receipt thereof, and at least one controller unit arranged to execute at least one thread for processing requests generated by the at least one receiver component. The at least one controller unit is arranged to set a priority context for the at least one thread, and to schedule an execution of the at least one thread based at least partly on the priority context therefor.