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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Stephen John Marshall, Lancashire, GB;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A switching device comprising a plurality of ingress ports and a plurality of egress ports. The switching device is arranged to receive data packets through said ingress ports and to forward received data packets to respective ones of said egress ports. The switching device is further arranged to: determine a first time at which a first cell of a selected data packet is to forwarded to one of said egress ports, determine a further time at which a respective further cell of the selected data packet is to be forwarded to said one of said egress ports, store data indicating that said respective further cell is to be forwarded at said determined further time, forward said first cell at said first time, and forward said further cell of said selected data packet at said determined further time.