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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Cavium, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shahe H. Krakirian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul G. Scrobohaci, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel A. Katz, Holliston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cavium, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/933 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/30 (2013.01); H04L 49/3063 (2013.01); H04L 1/0052 (2013.01); H04L 49/1546 (2013.01); H04L 49/309 (2013.01); H04L 49/3072 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment an interface unit includes a transmit pipeline configured to transmit egress data, and a receive pipeline configured to receive ingress data. At least one of the transmit pipeline and the receive pipeline being may be configured to provide shared resources to a plurality of ports. The shared resources may include at least one of a data path resource and a control logic resource.