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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Evgeny Shumsky, Petah Tikva, IL;
Carmi Arad, Nofit, IL;
Gil Levy, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Ehud Sivan, Zichron Ya'akov, IL;
Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
In a method for storing packets in a network device, a processor and a plurality of memory banks for storing packet data during processing of packets by the processor are provided on an integrated circuit device. Each memory bank has a separate channel for transferring data. A plurality of buffers are defined such that each buffer in the plurality of buffers includes a respective memory space in more than one memory bank and less than all memory banks. A buffer of the plurality of buffers is allocated for storing a single packet or a portion of a single packet. The single packet or the portion of the single packet in the allocated buffer.