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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A packet processing system comprises a plurality of packet processing nodes configured to process packets. The packet processing nodes are arranged in a plurality of packet processing clusters. The packet processing system also includes a plurality of prefetch buffers respectively associated with different ones of the packet processing clusters. A first prefetch buffer of the plurality of prefetch buffers is associated with a first packet processing cluster and is configured to store packets distributed for processing to the first packet processing cluster when the first packet processing clusters does not include any packet processing nodes available for processing of the packets.